Essays about: "Common grammatical errors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Common grammatical errors.

1. 1. An Errors Analysis of Grammatical Errors in The Written Productions of Swedish Students in a Vocational High School

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap

   Author : Maryam Nezamabadi; [2023-02-01]
   Keywords : Error analysis; Verb errors; Common grammatical errors; English written productions; Grammar teaching; Second language learning; Errors based on word class categories;

   Abstract : As an approach to spotting and analyzing students' errors, error analysis provides information that gives us a better understanding of students' knowledge of second language grammar, so we can offer them more effective teaching. This study is an error analysis that investigates the most common grammatical errors focusing on verbs, prepositions, articles, and pronouns in English writings produced by first-year high-school students at a vocational school in southern Sweden. READ MORE

3. 2. Problematic Prepositions for Swedish Students of English

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Leonard Lindahl; [2020]
   Keywords : Prepositions; Swedish-English; transfer; SLA;

   Abstract : This study investigates prepositional errors that Swedish 16-year-old students of English produce. The study attempts to understand why English L2 students in Sweden struggle with prepositions by looking at research within the SLA field regarding transfer, interlanguage transfer, implicit and explicit learning. READ MORE

4. 3. An Error Analysis of Subject-Verb Agreement by Swedish Learners of English : Corpus-Based Study of the Difficulties Surrounding Subject-Verb Agreement for Swedish Students

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Viktor Molin; [2020]
   Keywords : Error Analysis; SLA; Swedish; ELT; Subject-Verb Agreement;

   Abstract : This study investigates subject-verb agreement errors produced by students in upper secondary school in Sweden. The research was conducted in an attempt to understand why students acquiring English as their L2 struggle with learning subject-verb agreement, and to categorize the grammatical environments which cause students to produce errors related to subject-verb agreement. READ MORE

5. 4. An Analysis of English Essays Written by Swedish Students

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Sofia Grant; [2016]
   Keywords : Error analysis; Obligatory Occasion Analysis; second language writing;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyse essays written in English by Swedish pupils and to map the most common errors made in written communication. The grammatical features selected for the analysis are prepositions, articles, verb forms, subject-verb agreement and word order. READ MORE

6. 5. Slips or errors? : A study of the grammatical mistakes in Swedish pupils' written production of English

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Elina Jonsson; [2015]
   Keywords : Second language acquisition SLA ; grammar; mistakes; slips; errors; interlingual transfer; intralingual transfer; negative transfer; L1; L2; Contrastive Analysis; Error Analysis;

   Abstract : Grammar is an important aspect of language learning and is thus of concern in language teaching as well. This study sets out to investigate the kinds of grammatical mistakes Swedish secondary school pupils make in their written production of English and the possible causes behind these different mistakes. READ MORE