A Linguistic Error Analysis of ESL Written Essays by Indian Tamil University Students
Although many ESL university students know grammar rules, most cannot write competently. Meanwhile, effective writing would affect students’ overall academic performance. This article examined the written errors of the Indian Tamil learners of English as their Second Language (ESL). The study ad...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin,
2023-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Modern Research in English Language Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://jmrels.journals.ikiu.ac.ir/article_2925_5b19bb383cc43fbd08692f3d02b01d82.pdf |
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| Summary: | Although many ESL university students know grammar rules, most
cannot write competently. Meanwhile, effective writing would affect
students’ overall academic performance. This article examined the
written errors of the Indian Tamil learners of English as their Second
Language (ESL). The study adopted a cross-sectional research design
and collected data through written essays. The participants were
studying Master of Arts in English second-year integrated class. The
participants were purposely selected. The study assessed errors as they
occurred in students’ written essays. Data were descriptively analysed
in which they were categorised based on the themes. The findings
showed several errors, categorised as subject-verb errors, word order
patterns, spelling errors, and omissions. Findings have depicted error
cases in word order errors, unnecessary insertion, misplaced inversion
and sentence fragment errors. The results have shown that some students
made apparent errors that could be termed as negligent ones, while
others could be associated with transfer from the first language. In
addition, other errors are associated with the way the English language
is taught. Based on the results, this study recommends that ESL teachers
should focus their teaching on these problematic areas and provide the
students with many writing tasks that would improve the writing of the
Tamilians, whose English is their second language. |
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| ISSN: | 2676-5357 |