Analysis of Error Type, Source, and Gravity in the Writing of Arabic ESL Students in U.S.A. Colleges
Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of English
First Advisor
Majorie Terdal
Term of Graduation
Spring 1988
Date of Publication
5-10-1988
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Department
English
Language
English
Subjects
English language -- Study and teaching -- Arabic speakers, English language -- Errors of usage, English language -- Rhetoric, English language -- Ability testing
DOI
10.15760/etd.5637
Physical Description
1 online resource (2, vi, 78 pages)
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine the type, possible source and gravity of errors found in the Test of Written English and Placement Tests compositions written by native speakers of Arabic at college level. The first part of the study is an error analysis designed to reveal the types of errors that are most frequently made by Arab students at college level. The sources of these errors are explained according to Richards' classification of errors as inter- and intralingual (1971). Seven types of errors are identified under interlingual category: articles, prepositions, the copula, embedded questions, pronoun retention, semantic and stylistic errors. Intralingual errors included errors in overgeneralization and ignorance of rule restriction.
The second part of the study is designed to reveal the types of errors made by Arab learners of English that affect the native speaker's understanding of the written text. Twenty grammatically deviant passages and ten semantically deviant ones make up a questionnaire that was designed to measure the effect of different types of errors on communication.
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/21157
Recommended Citation
Bader, Fadel Mohammed Na'im, "Analysis of Error Type, Source, and Gravity in the Writing of Arabic ESL Students in U.S.A. Colleges" (1988). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 3753.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.5637
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