Common errors in the use of English vocabulary with special reference to Malay ESL learners at Kolej Yayasan Terengganu / Salihah Abdullah

This study examines some of the common vocabulary errors made by ESL learners. The data was obtained from three categories of the vocabulary errors, which include errors due to confusable pair word, errors due to semantic confusion and errors due to direct translation. Apart from analyzing the vocab...

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Main Author: Abdullah, Salihah
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Language:English
Published: 2006
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spelling uitm-148852016-10-07T03:37:14Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14885/ Common errors in the use of English vocabulary with special reference to Malay ESL learners at Kolej Yayasan Terengganu / Salihah Abdullah Abdullah, Salihah Language schools Vocabulary teaching This study examines some of the common vocabulary errors made by ESL learners. The data was obtained from three categories of the vocabulary errors, which include errors due to confusable pair word, errors due to semantic confusion and errors due to direct translation. Apart from analyzing the vocabulary errors, questionnaires were used to investigate students’ perception towards learning English. In the 3 categories, mother tongue interference accounted for the highest percentage of errors, followed by semantic confusion and confusable pair word. The findings from the questionnaire showed that the low proficiency of English was due to lack of exposure in using the language and insufficient grammar knowledge and practice. The possible cause of vocabulary errors were the result of interference from the LI and intralingual interference. 2006 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14885/1/TM_SALIHAH%20ABDULLAH%20ED%2006_5.PDF Abdullah, Salihah (2006) Common errors in the use of English vocabulary with special reference to Malay ESL learners at Kolej Yayasan Terengganu / Salihah Abdullah. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA.
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Common errors in the use of English vocabulary with special reference to Malay ESL learners at Kolej Yayasan Terengganu / Salihah Abdullah
description This study examines some of the common vocabulary errors made by ESL learners. The data was obtained from three categories of the vocabulary errors, which include errors due to confusable pair word, errors due to semantic confusion and errors due to direct translation. Apart from analyzing the vocabulary errors, questionnaires were used to investigate students’ perception towards learning English. In the 3 categories, mother tongue interference accounted for the highest percentage of errors, followed by semantic confusion and confusable pair word. The findings from the questionnaire showed that the low proficiency of English was due to lack of exposure in using the language and insufficient grammar knowledge and practice. The possible cause of vocabulary errors were the result of interference from the LI and intralingual interference.
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author Abdullah, Salihah
author_facet Abdullah, Salihah
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title Common errors in the use of English vocabulary with special reference to Malay ESL learners at Kolej Yayasan Terengganu / Salihah Abdullah
title_short Common errors in the use of English vocabulary with special reference to Malay ESL learners at Kolej Yayasan Terengganu / Salihah Abdullah
title_full Common errors in the use of English vocabulary with special reference to Malay ESL learners at Kolej Yayasan Terengganu / Salihah Abdullah
title_fullStr Common errors in the use of English vocabulary with special reference to Malay ESL learners at Kolej Yayasan Terengganu / Salihah Abdullah
title_full_unstemmed Common errors in the use of English vocabulary with special reference to Malay ESL learners at Kolej Yayasan Terengganu / Salihah Abdullah
title_sort common errors in the use of english vocabulary with special reference to malay esl learners at kolej yayasan terengganu / salihah abdullah
publishDate 2006
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/14885/
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