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Mohammad H. Adam – Online Submission, 2024
Writing proper English sentences poses a significant challenge for Arabic-speaking postsecondary students studying English as a Foreign Language (EFL) due to substantial differences between Arabic and English syntactic structures. This basic qualitative study explored the perceptions of Arabic-speaking EFL learners at an Arabian university…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Arabic, Native Language
Griswold, Olga – CATESOL Journal, 2017
This study analyzed the grammatical control of verbs exercised by 145 monolingual English and Generation 1.5 bilingual developmental writers in narrative essays using quantitative and qualitative methods. Generation 1.5 students made more errors than their monolingual peers in each category investigated, albeit in only 2 categories was the…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Verbs, Grammar
Phoocharoensil, Supakorn; Moore, Benjamin; Gampper, Chanika; Geerson, Edward B.; Chaturongakul, Panna; Sutharoj, Siripen; Carlon, William T. – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2016
English grammar and lexis seem to be among the most problematic areas in second language (L2) acquisition. A good number of past studies have investigated English learners' different kinds of errors, using a variety of elicitation techniques, such as a translation task, a grammaticality judgment task, a role play, an essay, etc. The current study…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Alamin, Abdulamir; Ahmed, Sawsan – English Language Teaching, 2012
Analyzing errors committed by second language learners during their first year of study at the University of Taif, can offer insights and knowledge of the learners' difficulties in acquiring technical English communication. With reference to the errors analyzed, the researcher found that the learners' failure to understand basic English grammar…
Descriptors: Technical Writing, College Students, Error Patterns, Error Analysis (Language)
Doolan, Stephen M. – Written Communication, 2014
Developmental composition courses serve a sizable and growing number of Generation 1.5 students, or long-term U.S. resident language learners, and it is believed that language challenges may be part of Generation 1.5 writers' difficulty in controlling the academic register. The current study investigates possible similarities and differences…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Student Characteristics, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)