Logical connectives in Arab university students' writing in English
Author
Source
Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat : Humanities and Social Sciences Series
Issue
Vol. 14, Issue 6 (31 Dec. 1999), pp.161-180, 20 p.
Publisher
Mutah University Deanship of Academic Research
Publication Date
1999-12-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
20
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Languages & Comparative Literature
Abstract EN
This study is designed to explore the type of logical connectives used in Arab students' writings in English at university.
It also aims at investigating the influence of the Arabic wa\ on students' writings.
Thus the main hypothesis in this study is that logical connective, wa' is sometimes transferred into English written texts produced by Arab learners of' English.
This transference affects the development as well as the organisation of texts produced by the said learners.
The results of this study have revealed that the number of misused logical connectives in the pre-Course Experiment is significantly higher than the number in the post-Course Experiment.
These findings indicate that before taking the course the students were not familiar with the various functions of logical connectives in English.
However, there were some traces of first language interference, especially in the use of the additive connective And, but these were of minor importance.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Jarrah, Muhammad. 1999. Logical connectives in Arab university students' writing in English. Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat : Humanities and Social Sciences Series،Vol. 14, no. 6, pp.161-180.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Jarrah, Muhammad. Logical connectives in Arab university students' writing in English. Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat : Humanities and Social Sciences Series Vol. 14, no. 6 (1999), pp.161-180.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-390900
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Jarrah, Muhammad. Logical connectives in Arab university students' writing in English. Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat : Humanities and Social Sciences Series. 1999. Vol. 14, no. 6, pp.161-180.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-390900
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 179-180
Record ID
BIM-390900