Error analysis of narrative writing among secondary school students in Selangor, Malaysia
Writing complexity is a significant challenge for ESL students since students are pressured to master a variety of linguistics skills, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. For students to develop a strong command of English in writing, they must be able to integrate these skills effectively, which can b...
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| author | Mehat, Siti Zawani Ismail, Lilliati Noordin, Nooreen Mohamad Ali, Afida |
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| description | Writing complexity is a significant challenge for ESL students since students are pressured to master a variety of linguistics skills, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. For students to develop a strong command of English in writing, they must be able to integrate these skills effectively, which can be a daunting task. This issue is increasingly recognised by educators and researchers, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to address the complex challenges of writing in a second language. Employing the Error Analysis framework (Corder & Brown, 1988), this study aims to determine the frequent errors in narrative writing among secondary school students. The research design chosen for this study is a quantitative content analysis of the student’s narrative writing corpora. Data collection involved 52 writing samples of secondary school students with varying levels of English proficiency, ranging from beginner to intermediate. Students’ corpora were marked, tagged, and analysed based on surface and linguistics taxonomies (Dulay,1982) using the TagAnt and Antconc software. The findings show that the most common errors were related to grammar (42.64%), followed by omission (18.29%), morphology (12.51%), lexical issues (12.22%), addition (6.35%), misformation (3.85%), semantics (2.40%), and misordering (1.64%). The results and discussion suggest that students frequently make errors in the application of grammar rules and the omission of function words in sentences, indicating a need for targeted assistance in these areas of language learning. |
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| spelling | upm-1181912025-06-26T09:02:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118191/ Error analysis of narrative writing among secondary school students in Selangor, Malaysia Mehat, Siti Zawani Ismail, Lilliati Noordin, Nooreen Mohamad Ali, Afida Writing complexity is a significant challenge for ESL students since students are pressured to master a variety of linguistics skills, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. For students to develop a strong command of English in writing, they must be able to integrate these skills effectively, which can be a daunting task. This issue is increasingly recognised by educators and researchers, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to address the complex challenges of writing in a second language. Employing the Error Analysis framework (Corder & Brown, 1988), this study aims to determine the frequent errors in narrative writing among secondary school students. The research design chosen for this study is a quantitative content analysis of the student’s narrative writing corpora. Data collection involved 52 writing samples of secondary school students with varying levels of English proficiency, ranging from beginner to intermediate. Students’ corpora were marked, tagged, and analysed based on surface and linguistics taxonomies (Dulay,1982) using the TagAnt and Antconc software. The findings show that the most common errors were related to grammar (42.64%), followed by omission (18.29%), morphology (12.51%), lexical issues (12.22%), addition (6.35%), misformation (3.85%), semantics (2.40%), and misordering (1.64%). The results and discussion suggest that students frequently make errors in the application of grammar rules and the omission of function words in sentences, indicating a need for targeted assistance in these areas of language learning. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2024-12-07 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118191/1/118191.pdf Mehat, Siti Zawani and Ismail, Lilliati and Noordin, Nooreen and Mohamad Ali, Afida (2024) Error analysis of narrative writing among secondary school students in Selangor, Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 13 (4). pp. 2737-2751. ISSN 2226-6348 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARPED/article/view/23652/Error-Analysis-of-Narrative-Writing-among-Secondary-School-Students-in-Selangor-Malaysia 10.6007/ijarped/v13-i4/23652 |
| spellingShingle | Mehat, Siti Zawani Ismail, Lilliati Noordin, Nooreen Mohamad Ali, Afida Error analysis of narrative writing among secondary school students in Selangor, Malaysia |
| title | Error analysis of narrative writing among secondary school students in Selangor, Malaysia |
| title_full | Error analysis of narrative writing among secondary school students in Selangor, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Error analysis of narrative writing among secondary school students in Selangor, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Error analysis of narrative writing among secondary school students in Selangor, Malaysia |
| title_short | Error analysis of narrative writing among secondary school students in Selangor, Malaysia |
| title_sort | error analysis of narrative writing among secondary school students in selangor, malaysia |
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