An error or not an error?: ESL students’ identification and correction of errors / Sheema Liza Idris and Kamisah Ariffin

Research has emphasised that errors can be an effective means of improving language learning, particularly grammatical accuracy. The most common practice in the field of error analysis is identifying and analysing errors in students’ language production. The present study differs from the empiri...

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Main Authors: Idris, Sheema Liza, Ariffin, Kamisah
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Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Jengka 2007
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spelling uitm-101132017-11-14T09:20:48Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10113/ An error or not an error?: ESL students’ identification and correction of errors / Sheema Liza Idris and Kamisah Ariffin Idris, Sheema Liza Ariffin, Kamisah P Philology. Linguistics Language and languages Research has emphasised that errors can be an effective means of improving language learning, particularly grammatical accuracy. The most common practice in the field of error analysis is identifying and analysing errors in students’ language production. The present study differs from the empirical ones as it focuses on students’ ability and strategies in identifying and correcting pre-determined errors in given texts rather than the students’ own written production. It is the assumption of the study that if students are not able to perceive the errors as errors, they will continuously commit errors which, in turn, may lead to the incessant incorrect and inappropriate use of the language. Thus, the findings of the study would allow for an in-depth analysis of students’ linguistic skills and provide some suggestions for more effective instructional practice to language instructors. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Jengka 2007 Article PeerReviewed Idris, Sheema Liza and Ariffin, Kamisah (2007) An error or not an error?: ESL students’ identification and correction of errors / Sheema Liza Idris and Kamisah Ariffin. Gading Business and Management Journal, 11 (2). pp. 1-13. ISSN 0128-5599 (Submitted)
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topic P Philology. Linguistics
Language and languages
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Language and languages
Idris, Sheema Liza
Ariffin, Kamisah
An error or not an error?: ESL students’ identification and correction of errors / Sheema Liza Idris and Kamisah Ariffin
description Research has emphasised that errors can be an effective means of improving language learning, particularly grammatical accuracy. The most common practice in the field of error analysis is identifying and analysing errors in students’ language production. The present study differs from the empirical ones as it focuses on students’ ability and strategies in identifying and correcting pre-determined errors in given texts rather than the students’ own written production. It is the assumption of the study that if students are not able to perceive the errors as errors, they will continuously commit errors which, in turn, may lead to the incessant incorrect and inappropriate use of the language. Thus, the findings of the study would allow for an in-depth analysis of students’ linguistic skills and provide some suggestions for more effective instructional practice to language instructors.
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author Idris, Sheema Liza
Ariffin, Kamisah
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title An error or not an error?: ESL students’ identification and correction of errors / Sheema Liza Idris and Kamisah Ariffin
title_short An error or not an error?: ESL students’ identification and correction of errors / Sheema Liza Idris and Kamisah Ariffin
title_full An error or not an error?: ESL students’ identification and correction of errors / Sheema Liza Idris and Kamisah Ariffin
title_fullStr An error or not an error?: ESL students’ identification and correction of errors / Sheema Liza Idris and Kamisah Ariffin
title_full_unstemmed An error or not an error?: ESL students’ identification and correction of errors / Sheema Liza Idris and Kamisah Ariffin
title_sort error or not an error?: esl students’ identification and correction of errors / sheema liza idris and kamisah ariffin
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA, Jengka
publishDate 2007
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10113/
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