Errors in the Use of English Articles Among EFL Students. A Moroccan Case Study
Errors in the Use of English Articles Among EFL Students. A Moroccan Case Study

Author: Abdellah Kourkouz

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2024-02-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783963559549

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Case Study from the year 2019 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 18/20, Ibn Tofail University (Faculty of Arts and Humanities), language: English, abstract: In the realm of second language acquisition, the comprehension of challenges faced by learners, particularly concerning linguistic structures like articles in English, is paramount. This study is centered on the identification and analysis of errors made by EFL learners in utilizing the English article system, with a specific focus on tracing the origins of these errors. The significance of this investigation lies in its potential to illuminate the complexities inherent in the learning process and provide insights into effective teaching methods. By examining the errors made by forty EFL learners through a questionnaire test and utilizing the Surface Structure Taxonomy (SST) framework to categorize these errors, this research aims to classify errors into three main types: Addition, Omission, and Substitution. Additionally, it seeks to differentiate between interlingual errors, stemming from the influence of the learners' native language, Arabic, and intralingual errors, resulting from gaps or misconceptions in English article rules. Initial findings indicate that addition errors are the most common among EFL learners, followed by substitution errors, while omission errors are less frequent. Moreover, the analysis suggests a significant impact of Arabic language norms on the use of English articles by learners, with some errors originating from the negative transfer of Arabic article rules. Through this study, valuable insights are provided for educators to better understand the challenges faced by EFL learners in mastering the English article system. By addressing these challenges and offering recommendations based on the findings, a contribution is made to the improvement of language instruction methodologies and the facilitation of more effective language learning

Teaching EFL Writing in the 21st Century Arab World
Teaching EFL Writing in the 21st Century Arab World

Author: Abdelhamid Ahmed

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-08-20

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1137467266

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Teaching EFL Writing in the 21st Century Arab World addresses a range of issues related to researching and teaching EFL writing in different countries in the Arab World including Egypt, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen. Both theoretically and practically grounded, chapters within discuss the different contexts in which EFL writing is taught, from primary school to university. The book sheds light on how EFL writing is learned and taught at each educational stage, exposing the different challenges encountered in the teaching and learning. The focus on EFL writing in the Arab World makes this a unique and long overdue contribution to the field of research around EFL writing and will be an invaluable resource for researchers, curriculum designers and students.

Constraints on Error Variables in Grammar
Constraints on Error Variables in Grammar

Author: Philip A. Luelsdorff

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1986-01-01

Total Pages: 525

ISBN-13: 902722014X

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An in-depth investigation of constraints on error variables in grammar with special reference to bilingual misspelling orthographies. A corpus of errors is examined in minute detail. In the course of this analysis, received categories and standard assumptions about linguistic errors are critically scrutinized; some are sharpened, and others are abandoned. Many conceptual snarls having to do with the notion of error in linguistic performance are untangled in this book.

English Language Teaching in Moroccan Higher Education
English Language Teaching in Moroccan Higher Education

Author: Hassan Belhiah

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-04-15

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9811538050

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This book explores the global spread of English and its ramifications for the status of English in Morocco. It sheds light on motivational issues in English language teaching and learning in Moroccan higher education and examines various teaching practices in terms of: teaching effectiveness, assessment and evaluation, written feedback, English-Arabic translation, and undergraduate supervision. In addition to identifying critical issues in the discipline of English studies and the main challenges facing English departments from historical, institutional, and pedagogical perspectives, it suggests strategies for addressing and overcoming them.

Feedback in L2 English Writing in the Arab World
Feedback in L2 English Writing in the Arab World

Author: Abdelhamid M. Ahmed

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-03-03

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 3030258300

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This edited book uses case studies to offer a comprehensive picture of the feedback practices and perceptions pertinent to English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing in the Arab world. It highlights essential themes about feedback in L2 writing in eight Arab countries, and offers a detailed critical analysis of feedback practices and perceptions in six of these: Egypt, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates. The book will appeal to an international readership of academics, researchers and practitioners interested in EFL writing in the Arab world.

Error Analysis
Error Analysis

Author: Jack C. Richards

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-12-14

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1317869575

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The eleven essays in this book cover a wide range of topics from the role of 'interlanguage' and the influence of external factors on the process of language learning, to the development of syntax and the methodology of error analysis. Collectively they provide a valuable perspective on the learning process, which both enriches our theoretical understanding of the processes underlying second language acquisition and suggests ways in which teaching practice may best exploit a learner's skills.

Errors in Language Learning and Use
Errors in Language Learning and Use

Author: Carl James

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-02

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1317890299

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Errors in Language Learning and Use is an up-to-date introduction and guide to the study of errors in language, and is also a critical survey of previous work. Error Analysis occupies a central position within Applied Linguistics, and seeks to clarify questions such as `Does correctness matter?', `Is it more important to speak fluently and write imaginatively or to communicate one's message?' Carl James provides a scholarly and well-illustrated theoretical and historical background to the field of Error Analysis. The reader is led from definitions of error and related concepts, to categorization of types of linguistic deviance, discussion of error gravities, the utility of teacher correction and towards writing learner profiles. Throughout, the text is guided by considerable practical experience in language education in a range of classroom contexts worldwide.

Vocabulary Knowledge
Vocabulary Knowledge

Author: Scott Jarvis

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2013-08-14

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9027271674

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Language researchers and practitioners often adopt tools and techniques without testing whether they really work as they should. This is understandable because most scholars do not have the time or expertise to properly evaluate the usefulness of all instruments, measures, and methods they need. It is therefore critical to have problem solvers in the field who gain the necessary expertise and take the time to scrutinize existing methods, identify problems, and offer new solutions. This volume represents the work of scholars who have done this; it is a collection of the latest advances, developments, and innovations regarding the modeling and measurement of learners’ vocabulary growth curves, current levels of vocabulary knowledge and lexical proficiency, and the patterns of lexical diversity found in their language production. Several of the contributors also address the complex but important relationship between automated indices and human judgments of learners’ lexical patterns and abilities.