The acquisition of English relative clauses by university students of English in Jordan
Other Title(s)
اكتساب طلبة تخصص اللغة الإنجليزية الأردنيين الجامعيين لجمل الوصل الإنجليزية
Joint Authors
al-Maani, Ala Ibarhim
Abu al-Hayja, Lutfi
Source
Issue
Vol. 4, Issue 1 (31 Mar. 2019), pp.1-19, 19 p.
Publisher
The Jordanian Association for Educational Sciences
Publication Date
2019-03-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
19
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
This study investigated the acquisition of English relative clauses by Jordanian EFL learners.
It also examined whether the Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy (NPAH) for the acquisition of relative clauses proposed by Keenan and Comrie (1977) is applicable to Jordanian EFL learners.
Moreover, the study investigated whether there is a relationship between participants' production of relative clauses and their proficiency level.
Sixty undergraduate students of English completed a sentence combination task.
In general, the results indicated that Jordanian EFL learners are good at producing relative clauses.
However, their performance was influenced by their proficiency level whereby advanced learners outperformed intermediate learners.
The results also showed that the NPAH effect is not applicable to Jordanian EFL learners regardless of their proficiency level.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Maani, Ala Ibarhim& Abu al-Hayja, Lutfi. 2019. The acquisition of English relative clauses by university students of English in Jordan. Jordanian Educational Journal،Vol. 4, no. 1, pp.1-19.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Maani, Ala Ibarhim& Abu al-Hayja, Lutfi. The acquisition of English relative clauses by university students of English in Jordan. Jordanian Educational Journal Vol. 4, no. 1 (Mar. 2019), pp.1-19.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Maani, Ala Ibarhim& Abu al-Hayja, Lutfi. The acquisition of English relative clauses by university students of English in Jordan. Jordanian Educational Journal. 2019. Vol. 4, no. 1, pp.1-19.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-942203
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 17-19
Record ID
BIM-942203