Prepositional usage at the university level
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Source
Issue
Vol. 2009, Issue 32 (31 Dec. 2009), pp.137-146, 10 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2009-12-31
Country of Publication
Algeria
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Topics
Abstract AR
يهدف هذا المقال إلى إثراء الصدى على مدى تأثير النقل الناتج عن الاختلاف بين اللغة العربية و الإنجليزية في استعمال حروف الجر الإنجليزية عند الطلبة الجزائريين.
لهذا الغرض تم اللجوء إلى وسائل إحصائية استنتاجية كمية لتحليل اختبار طبق على الطلبة.
أوضحت نتائج الدراسة أن اللغة العربية قد تكون مصدرا للاستعمال الخاطئ لحروف الجر من قبل الطلبة.
إضافة إلى ذلك بينت النتائج أن مصادر معرفة أخرى كاللغة العربية الجزائرية، اللغة البربرية، و الفرنسية يمكنها أن تؤثر على الاستعمال الخاطئ لحروف الجر ذاتها.
Abstract EN
This article is an attempt towards making teachers aware of the influence and the impact of learners’ prior knowlege on their actual performances.
The grammatical area investigated for this sake is prepositions which are high frequency words and of vital importance to foreign learners to understand the language and make themselves understood.
However, the English prepositional system can be confusing because of the very asystematic nature of preposional rules.
In addition to that, the different conceptualizations of relationships in space and time, expressed in many languages through the use of prepositions can lead to formal differences.
Because of this language specificity, prepositioanl usage can be problematic to learners of English as a foreign / second language, who will have to make choices and distinctions which are not necessarily made in their language.
This situation can be applicable to Algerian learners of English.
The results of an error analysis study carried out on a corpus of errors made by fourth year B.A students of English at the university of Constantine, concluded that in the case of prepositions, students relied on transfer, to judge the appropriate usage of prepositions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bilhula, Hanan. 2009. Prepositional usage at the university level. Revue Sciences Humaines،Vol. 2009, no. 32, pp.137-146.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-329343
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bilhula, Hanan. Prepositional usage at the university level. Revue Sciences Humaines Vol. ب, no. 32 (Dec. 2009), pp.137-146.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-329343
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bilhula, Hanan. Prepositional usage at the university level. Revue Sciences Humaines. 2009. Vol. 2009, no. 32, pp.137-146.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-329343
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Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 146
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BIM-329343