Misselection errors in Malay writing among French students

This study aims to analyse misselection errors made by French students in their learning Malay as a foreign language with regard to the writing skills. The study utilized quantitative and qualitative method of data collection, by applying the definition of misselection errors by Dulay, Burt & Kr...

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Main Authors: Abdul Halim, Hazlina, Ang, Lay Hoon, Majtanova, Miroslava, Mansor, Nor Shahila
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60262/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60262/1/44-9.pdf
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author Abdul Halim, Hazlina
Ang, Lay Hoon
Majtanova, Miroslava
Mansor, Nor Shahila
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Ang, Lay Hoon
Majtanova, Miroslava
Mansor, Nor Shahila
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description This study aims to analyse misselection errors made by French students in their learning Malay as a foreign language with regard to the writing skills. The study utilized quantitative and qualitative method of data collection, by applying the definition of misselection errors by Dulay, Burt & Krashen (1982). A total of 10 French respondents participated in this study. The task consisted of the administration of the four writing task by the respondents. The study discovered the most dominant error produced by French students in their Malay written tasks were misselection on lexis (52%), misselection error on affix/ suffix (16%) and misselection errors on the phrases (11%). As a result of this preliminary study, it is hoped that learners can acquire a better understanding of the Malay language; and future study can help classify the errors that learners made and how they could overcome them.
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spelling upm-602622018-05-18T03:45:59Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60262/ Misselection errors in Malay writing among French students Abdul Halim, Hazlina Ang, Lay Hoon Majtanova, Miroslava Mansor, Nor Shahila This study aims to analyse misselection errors made by French students in their learning Malay as a foreign language with regard to the writing skills. The study utilized quantitative and qualitative method of data collection, by applying the definition of misselection errors by Dulay, Burt & Krashen (1982). A total of 10 French respondents participated in this study. The task consisted of the administration of the four writing task by the respondents. The study discovered the most dominant error produced by French students in their Malay written tasks were misselection on lexis (52%), misselection error on affix/ suffix (16%) and misselection errors on the phrases (11%). As a result of this preliminary study, it is hoped that learners can acquire a better understanding of the Malay language; and future study can help classify the errors that learners made and how they could overcome them. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60262/1/44-9.pdf Abdul Halim, Hazlina and Ang, Lay Hoon and Majtanova, Miroslava and Mansor, Nor Shahila (2015) Misselection errors in Malay writing among French students. In: 5th Malaysia International Conference on Foreign Languages (MICFL 2015), 2-3 Dec. 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (pp. 255-266).
spellingShingle Abdul Halim, Hazlina
Ang, Lay Hoon
Majtanova, Miroslava
Mansor, Nor Shahila
Misselection errors in Malay writing among French students
title Misselection errors in Malay writing among French students
title_full Misselection errors in Malay writing among French students
title_fullStr Misselection errors in Malay writing among French students
title_full_unstemmed Misselection errors in Malay writing among French students
title_short Misselection errors in Malay writing among French students
title_sort misselection errors in malay writing among french students
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60262/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60262/1/44-9.pdf