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Download full textRamalingam, Selvajothi; Krishnan, Isai Amutan; Suppiah, Puspalata C.; Maruthai, Elanttamil – Asian Journal of University Education, 2020
The present study was conducted to analyse the use of word order in job interviews. The data was collected from participants in an organisation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ten candidates of different races between the ages of 23 and 25 participated in the study. Radford's syntactic theory of word order was employed to qualitatively analyse the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Word Order, Employment Interviews, Job Applicants
Yaseen, Ahmed Abdoualzhraa; Ismail, Kemboja; Yasin, Mohamad Subakir Mohd – Arab World English Journal, 2018
This study investigates the syntactic errors in speaking among an Arab L2 post-graduate student in an academic speaking context. Specifically, the objectives are to describe the syntax error patterns committed by the student while engaging in speaking and to explore the contributing factors that may affect the errors. To address these objectives,…
Descriptors: Syntax, Error Analysis (Language), Native Language, Second Language Learning
Loke, Darina Lokeman; Ali, Juliana; Anthony, Norin Norain Zulkifli – English Language Teaching, 2013
This article presents a corpus-based investigation on English prepositions of time presented in the argumentative essays of Form 4 and Form 5 Malaysian secondary students in the MCSAW corpus. The aims were to find out the distribution patterns and the common errors in the use of preposition of time, "on" and "at". This corpus…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computational Linguistics, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
Arjan, Asmeza; Abdullah, Noor Hayati; Roslim, Norwati – English Language Teaching, 2013
This corpus-based study examined the usage, mastery and developmental pattern (Norwati, 2004) of English prepositions of place, "in" and "on" across three different academic levels namely Form 4, Form 5 and College students. The Malaysian Corpus of Students Argumentative Writing (MCSAW) was used as the source of data in…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Kwan, Lisa S. L.; Yunus, Melor Md – English Language Teaching, 2014
Writing is a complex skill and one of the most difficult to master. A teacher's weak writing skills may negatively influence their students. Therefore, reinforcing teacher education by first determining pre-service teachers' writing weaknesses is imperative. This mixed-methods error analysis study aims to examine the cohesive errors in the writing…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Skills
Nayan, Surina; Jusoff, Kamaruzaman – International Education Studies, 2009
Students in higher learning institutions need to write lots of reports based on the projects done. Since they are at the tertiary level of education, they are required to use English in their reports. This is to ensure that they are able to function well in English later at the workplace. Writing requires students to apply rules regarding sentence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grammar, Verbs, Form Classes (Languages)
