Error analysis : Investigating the paragraph writing of malaysian esl learners
The study investigates an impromptu writing task administered to diploma students studying in one of the technical universities on the East Coast of Malaysia. In particular, it identifies grammatical errors in one-paragraph writing in terms of overall errors, most errors and least errors. The sample...
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| author | Zuraina, Ali Shahid, Shahid Hussain Amy Zulaikha, Mohd Ali Ahmed, Abubaker Hassan Bakri Jayapalan, Evelyn |
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| description | The study investigates an impromptu writing task administered to diploma students studying in one of the technical universities on the East Coast of Malaysia. In particular, it identifies grammatical errors in one-paragraph writing in terms of overall errors, most errors and least errors. The samples were 49 students undergoing the Preliminary Semester taking English as one of the subjects in the particular semester. The study found that students made errors to a certain degree in using articles, tenses, and subject-verb agreement (SVA), among others. More specifically, the highest number of errors students made were in tenses, SVA, and word choices, while the least errors were in possessive and attributive structures, gerunds, and infinitives. The results indicate that assigning students impromptu writing contributed to their performance errors. Despite their low vocabulary knowledge, it also made them less expressive when writing under such conditions. |
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| spelling | ump-383622023-08-30T08:07:34Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/38362/ Error analysis : Investigating the paragraph writing of malaysian esl learners Zuraina, Ali Shahid, Shahid Hussain Amy Zulaikha, Mohd Ali Ahmed, Abubaker Hassan Bakri Jayapalan, Evelyn L Education (General) LB Theory and practice of education PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PN Literature (General) The study investigates an impromptu writing task administered to diploma students studying in one of the technical universities on the East Coast of Malaysia. In particular, it identifies grammatical errors in one-paragraph writing in terms of overall errors, most errors and least errors. The samples were 49 students undergoing the Preliminary Semester taking English as one of the subjects in the particular semester. The study found that students made errors to a certain degree in using articles, tenses, and subject-verb agreement (SVA), among others. More specifically, the highest number of errors students made were in tenses, SVA, and word choices, while the least errors were in possessive and attributive structures, gerunds, and infinitives. The results indicate that assigning students impromptu writing contributed to their performance errors. Despite their low vocabulary knowledge, it also made them less expressive when writing under such conditions. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2023-06-29 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_nc_sa_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/38362/1/Error%20analysis_Investigating%20the%20paragraph%20writing%20of%20malaysian%20esl%20learners.pdf Zuraina, Ali and Shahid, Shahid Hussain and Amy Zulaikha, Mohd Ali and Ahmed, Abubaker Hassan Bakri and Jayapalan, Evelyn (2023) Error analysis : Investigating the paragraph writing of malaysian esl learners. Issues in Language Studies, 12 (1). pp. 1-15. ISSN 2180-2726. (Published) https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.5031.2023 10.33736/ils.5031.2023 |
| spellingShingle | L Education (General) LB Theory and practice of education PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PN Literature (General) Zuraina, Ali Shahid, Shahid Hussain Amy Zulaikha, Mohd Ali Ahmed, Abubaker Hassan Bakri Jayapalan, Evelyn Error analysis : Investigating the paragraph writing of malaysian esl learners |
| title | Error analysis : Investigating the paragraph writing of malaysian esl learners |
| title_full | Error analysis : Investigating the paragraph writing of malaysian esl learners |
| title_fullStr | Error analysis : Investigating the paragraph writing of malaysian esl learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | Error analysis : Investigating the paragraph writing of malaysian esl learners |
| title_short | Error analysis : Investigating the paragraph writing of malaysian esl learners |
| title_sort | error analysis : investigating the paragraph writing of malaysian esl learners |
| topic | L Education (General) LB Theory and practice of education PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PN Literature (General) |
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