Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course
The present study examines the grammatical errors in spoken English of university students who are less proficient in English. The specific objectives of the study are to determine the types of errors and the changes in grammatical accuracy during the duration of the English for Social Purposes c...
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| author | Su-Hie Ting, Mahanita Mahadhir, Siew-Lee Chang, |
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| description | The present study examines the grammatical errors in spoken English of university
students who are less proficient in English. The specific objectives of the study are to
determine the types of errors and the changes in grammatical accuracy during the
duration of the English for Social Purposes course focussing on oral communication. The
language data were obtained from the simulated oral interactions of 42 students
participating in five role play situations during the 14-week semester. Error analysis of
126 oral interactions showed that the five common grammar errors made by the learners
are preposition, question, article, plural form of nouns, subject-verb agreement and tense.
Based on Dulay, Burt and Krashen’s (1982) surface structure taxonomy, the main ways
by which students modify the target forms are misinformation and omission, with
addition of elements or misordering being less frequent. The results also showed an
increase in grammatical accuracy in the students’ spoken English towards the end of the
course. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:23222016-12-14T06:31:17Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2322/ Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course Su-Hie Ting, Mahanita Mahadhir, Siew-Lee Chang, The present study examines the grammatical errors in spoken English of university students who are less proficient in English. The specific objectives of the study are to determine the types of errors and the changes in grammatical accuracy during the duration of the English for Social Purposes course focussing on oral communication. The language data were obtained from the simulated oral interactions of 42 students participating in five role play situations during the 14-week semester. Error analysis of 126 oral interactions showed that the five common grammar errors made by the learners are preposition, question, article, plural form of nouns, subject-verb agreement and tense. Based on Dulay, Burt and Krashen’s (1982) surface structure taxonomy, the main ways by which students modify the target forms are misinformation and omission, with addition of elements or misordering being less frequent. The results also showed an increase in grammatical accuracy in the students’ spoken English towards the end of the course. Penerbit UKM 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2322/1/page1_21.pdf Su-Hie Ting, and Mahanita Mahadhir, and Siew-Lee Chang, (2010) Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 10 (1). pp. 53-70. ISSN 1675-8021 http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/Gema/GEMA%202010/pp%2053_70.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Su-Hie Ting, Mahanita Mahadhir, Siew-Lee Chang, Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course |
| title | Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course |
| title_full | Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course |
| title_fullStr | Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course |
| title_full_unstemmed | Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course |
| title_short | Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course |
| title_sort | grammatical errors in spoken english of university students in oral communication course |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2322/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2322/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2322/1/page1_21.pdf |