An analysis of speech errors of English for occupational purposes (EOP) learners at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)

Abd. Karim , Norfazlika and Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail (2014) An analysis of speech errors of English for occupational purposes (EOP) learners at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 20. pp. 58-66. ISSN 1990-9233

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Abstract

This study examined errors made in grammar in the speech transcripts of 15 EOP learners. The errors were divided into 9 sub-categories: wrong use of nouns, countable use of uncountable nouns, nouns used as verbs, wrong use of prepositions in phrases, wrong addition of prepositions, wrong use of verbs, wrong use of phrasal verbs, wrong use of adjectives ending in –ed and –ing and redundant expressions. An analysis of the speech errors indicates that preposition was the most frequent type of grammatical error made by the learners. In addition, intralingual transfer was found to be the most prominent source of error.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	5655/41844
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Error analysis, Grammatical errors, Interlingual errors, Intralingual errors
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of English Language & Literature
Depositing User:	Assoc. Prof. Mohamed Ismail Ahamad Shah
Date Deposited:	16 Mar 2015 11:58
Last Modified:	25 Jun 2018 08:52
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/41844

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