Prepositional Errors in the Writings of Pakistani ESL Students

Saeed, Abdul; Hussain, Sajid; Fatima, Surhan

doi:10.5539/ijel.v5n3p120

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“…Hence, the given hypothesis proved that female ESL learners committed more errors. The present study corroborate with Abdul Saeed (2015) findings of preposition, whereas he says students find difficulties in the use of preposition of place and direction and his study also shows that female learners committed more errors as compare to male.…”

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“…The students did not have enough knowledge about these types of prepositions. As Abdul Saeed (2015) found the same findings in his study on prepositional errors in the writings of Pakistani ESL learners. He found that students faced most difficulty in the use of place, direction and time preposition.…”

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“…Linguistics features are interests of the researcher on which they conduct their research. In this study, the linguistic feature "prepositional errors'' was researched by Hafiz Ahmad Bilal (2013), Abdul Saeed (2015), Sumaira Akhtar (2017), Dr. J Saravana (2015), and Fazlinda Hamza (2017). The current study has also worked on prepositional errors commit by those learners who learn English as their second language.…”

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“…Studies by Abdul Saeed (2015), the researcher also worked on Pakistani ESL students to find prepositional errors in their writings. The researcher conducted a quantitative research.…”

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confidence: 99%

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An Analysis of Prepositional Errors Committed by Undergraduate ESL Learners of Pakistan

2019

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Second Language Acquisition (SLA) phenomena are very important for social, practical and academic reasons. About 6000 languages are spoken in the world and almost all of them have been learned by second languages by some portion of their speaker. There are four most commonly-used languages and English is one of them that is acquired as L1 by 427 million people and as L2 by 950 million speakers. In Pakistan, English has become most important language for communication and also a symbol of prestige in the society. It has turned into a great asset for Pakistani students; they learn it as their second language from basic to advance level. Moreover, English enjoys the status of official language in Pakistan. However, Pakistani learners face many difficulties and problems in using English in their writings and during speaking. Committing errors in the use of prepositions is one of such difficulties. This research examines the misuse of English prepositions by Pakistani undergraduate ESL learners. The purpose of the study is to find out whether male learners commit more prepositional errors or female. Other than this, following study also focuses on the types of prepositional errors found in tests of MCQs and word deletion. For this purpose, thirty (30) students of Government college university of Faisalabad (fifteen participants from each gender) were selected randomly for quantitative research. The data was collected through two tests; first test was based on gap filling exercise and second was based on MCQs. These tests were then analyzed through tables and graphics by using Microsoft excel software. Researcher used Hot Potatoes as a tool for making test and used statistical methods to find the frequencies and percentage of errors. The study found out various types of prepositional errors in both type of tests. Resultantly, the ratio of errors committed by female ESL learners was higher than male ESL learners. IntroductionAccording to Saeed (1998), language is the most powerful source of communication and self-expression through which we express our feelings, emotions and share ideas. Through language, we can get and additionally transmit information to other individuals. A large portion of the exercises on the world is brought out through or by it. Discussing languages, we can't disregard English, which is broadly and quickly spreading into every part of present world. Because of it, English can't be kept limited to dialects or maybe numerous verities have been investigated and included. In this respect, Kuchru (1992) outlined a model in which English has been characterized into three circles i.e., inner circle, outer circle and expanding circle. This model has included dialects and verities. As indicated by it, Pakistani English is checked in outer circle since it is considered as second language in our educational framework. English is taught in Pakistan from basic level to advance level. The Student who is capable in English language is considered to be keen with high status and glory. That is the reason English ...

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Studies by Abdul Saeed (2015), the researcher also worked on Pakistani ESL students to find prepositional errors in their writings. The researcher conducted a quantitative research.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Analysis of Prepositional Errors Committed by Undergraduate ESL Learners of Pakistan

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“…(xiii) I went to the trip *in (on) 3 rd December 2000. (xiv) *At (on) that day, I was very ill. One possible explanation for the above errors is the L1 interference in the target language (see also [20]). Malay students may have been influenced by the use of the Malay preposition 'pada'.…”

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Malay ESL Students’ Difficulties in Using English Prepositions

Odacıoğlu¹,

Loi²,

Akkakoson³

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Abstract-The study attempts to undertake an error analysis of prepositions employed in the written work of Form 4 Malay ESL (English as a Second Language) students in Malaysia. The error analysis was undertaken using Richards's (1974) framework of intralingual and interlingual errors and Bennett's (1975) framework in identifying prepositional concepts found in the sample. The study first identified common prepositional errors in the written texts of 150 student participants. It then measured the relative intensities of these errors and found out possible causes for the occurrences of these errors. In this study, one significant finding is that among the nine concepts of prepositions examined, the participant students tended to make the most number of errors in the use of prepositions of time and place. The present study has pedagogical implications in teaching English prepositions to Malay ESL students.

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Errors in EFL writing by junior high students in Indonesia

Mustafa¹,

Kirana²,

Ys³

2016

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Errors made by students in skills such as speaking and writing have been treated as important information to help teachers direct the foci of their teaching. Teachers need to pay attention to the most serious errors before addressing other errors. Hence, this research was aimed at finding the most serious errors produced by students at one of the junior high schools in Indonesia, i.e. State Junior High School No 7 in Banda Aceh. The errors were categorized into surface strategy taxonomy and linguistic category taxonomy errors. The data were collected from recount texts produced by 19 students who were known to make errors in writing. The data was analyzed by calculating the percentage of errors based on the total cumulative errors for surface strategy taxonomy, but based on the number of attempts in the same grammatical elements for linguistic category taxonomy. The results of data analysis showed that the dominant errors for surface strategy taxonomy were selection (72%) followed by omission (14.4%), and addition (10.6%). In the linguistic category taxonomy, the most dominant types were word forms (48.4%), followed by articles (35%), nonfinite verbs (34.9%), verb tenses (34.3%), plurals (33.3%), and prepositions (30%). It is suggested that teachers pay more serious attention to the most serious problems because solving these problems will hasten the students' progress in learning.

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Prepositional Errors in the Writings of Pakistani ESL Students

Cited by 3 publications

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An Analysis of Prepositional Errors Committed by Undergraduate ESL Learners of Pakistan

An Analysis of Prepositional Errors Committed by Undergraduate ESL Learners of Pakistan

Malay ESL Students’ Difficulties in Using English Prepositions

Errors in EFL writing by junior high students in Indonesia

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