First Advisor

Jeanette DeCarrico

Term of Graduation

Summer 1991

Date of Publication

6-19-1991

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (M.A.) in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Department

Applied Linguistics

Language

English

Subjects

English language -- Orthography and spelling, Spelling errors, Arab students -- United States

DOI

10.15760/etd.6056

Physical Description

1 online resource (4, v, 107 pages)

Abstract

In this two-part study, English spelling errors of Arabic speaking students are investigated. Specifically, an empirical study is done to document and investigate exactly what kinds of English spelling errors Arabic-speaking students actually make. Then these data are analyzed and spelling error patterns are discovered. Next, a study is done to determine if the presence of spelling errors in written work has a significant negative effect on readers' evaluations of this writing.

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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/24035

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