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Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course

The present study examines the grammatical errors in spoken English of university students who are less proficient in English. The specific objectives of the study are to determine the types of errors and the changes in grammatical accuracy during the duration of the English for Social Purposes c...

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Main Authors: Su-Hie Ting,, Mahanita Mahadhir,, Siew-Lee Chang,
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit UKM 2010
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2322/1/page1_21.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2322/
http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/Gema/GEMA%202010/pp%2053_70.pdf
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spelling my-ukm.journal.23222016-12-14T06:31:17Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2322/ Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course Su-Hie Ting, Mahanita Mahadhir, Siew-Lee Chang, The present study examines the grammatical errors in spoken English of university students who are less proficient in English. The specific objectives of the study are to determine the types of errors and the changes in grammatical accuracy during the duration of the English for Social Purposes course focussing on oral communication. The language data were obtained from the simulated oral interactions of 42 students participating in five role play situations during the 14-week semester. Error analysis of 126 oral interactions showed that the five common grammar errors made by the learners are preposition, question, article, plural form of nouns, subject-verb agreement and tense. Based on Dulay, Burt and Krashen’s (1982) surface structure taxonomy, the main ways by which students modify the target forms are misinformation and omission, with addition of elements or misordering being less frequent. The results also showed an increase in grammatical accuracy in the students’ spoken English towards the end of the course. Penerbit UKM 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2322/1/page1_21.pdf Su-Hie Ting, and Mahanita Mahadhir, and Siew-Lee Chang, (2010) Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 10 (1). pp. 53-70. ISSN 1675-8021 http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/Gema/GEMA%202010/pp%2053_70.pdf
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description The present study examines the grammatical errors in spoken English of university students who are less proficient in English. The specific objectives of the study are to determine the types of errors and the changes in grammatical accuracy during the duration of the English for Social Purposes course focussing on oral communication. The language data were obtained from the simulated oral interactions of 42 students participating in five role play situations during the 14-week semester. Error analysis of 126 oral interactions showed that the five common grammar errors made by the learners are preposition, question, article, plural form of nouns, subject-verb agreement and tense. Based on Dulay, Burt and Krashen’s (1982) surface structure taxonomy, the main ways by which students modify the target forms are misinformation and omission, with addition of elements or misordering being less frequent. The results also showed an increase in grammatical accuracy in the students’ spoken English towards the end of the course.
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author Su-Hie Ting,
Mahanita Mahadhir,
Siew-Lee Chang,
spellingShingle Su-Hie Ting,
Mahanita Mahadhir,
Siew-Lee Chang,
Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course
author_facet Su-Hie Ting,
Mahanita Mahadhir,
Siew-Lee Chang,
author_sort Su-Hie Ting,
title Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course
title_short Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course
title_full Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course
title_fullStr Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course
title_full_unstemmed Grammatical errors in spoken english of University students in oral communication course
title_sort grammatical errors in spoken english of university students in oral communication course
publisher Penerbit UKM
publishDate 2010
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2322/1/page1_21.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2322/
http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/Gema/GEMA%202010/pp%2053_70.pdf
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