Essays about: "grammatical errors"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 37 essays containing the words grammatical errors.
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11. English Word Formation Processes: The use of affixations and implications for second language learning : A Case Study of Swedish Secondary Schools Grades 7-9
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This work explains the types of affixation errors second language learners make when learning English word formation processes, especially derivational and inflectional affixations. The data for the study were collected as primary sources from two secondary schools in Sweden. READ MORE
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12. English Errors in Swedish Upper Secondary School : A study of grammatical errors and errors as a result of transfer, produced by Swedish Upper secondary students
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This is a study that employs error analysis to investigate written production in English, by Swedish upper secondary learners of English, in order to determine which linguistic errors most commonly occur amongst this group, and to compare the results between first-year students and third-year students for a possible indication of which error types continue to occur throughout upper secondary school. The error categories included in this study are grammatical errors and errors as a result of transfer. READ MORE
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13. Problematic Prepositions for Swedish Students of English
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : 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
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14. Tense and Aspect in the English Language : A study about newly arrived students with Arabic as their mother tongue
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/EngelskaAbstract : The purpose of this essay is to examine how newly arrived Arabic speaking students use tense and aspect in the English language and to find out whether their native language affects their learning. The study is based on both qualitative and quantitative methods where the focus is on different texts written by students. READ MORE
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15. 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 humanioraAbstract : 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
