Conversation in progress : a sociolinguistic investigation of mistakes commonly committed by student of English

Abstract EN

The present study attempts to investigate the mistakes which are committed by the Iraqi learners of English.

A number of phonological variables have been chosen for this purpose.

Furthermore, the gender of the student as well as the stage/ class have been taken into consideration.

A number of first year students of the Department of English, College of Education Thi Qar were chosen as informants Relevant data has been elicited from them as they pass to the second and then to the third stage, This is to study the Progress in the informants’ linguistic behavior as they pass from a stage to the other.

The percentage score has been adopted as a tool for calculating the obtained results.

The manipulation of the data showed that the male students committed more mistakes than the female students.

In addition.

There was a gradual progress as the student passes from the first to the second and then the third stage.

It is hoped that the findings of the study could be of value and assistance in teaching subjects such as Conversation, Phonetics & Phonology, and Comprehension