Freshman Students' Difficulties with English Adjective-Forming Suffixes

Autor/in	Al-Jarf, Reima
Titel	Freshman Students' Difficulties with English Adjective-Forming Suffixes
Quelle	6 (2019) 1, S.169-180 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2303-5528
Schlagwörter	College Freshmen; Foreign Countries; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Form Classes (Languages); Suffixes; Language Tests; Error Patterns; Error Analysis (Language); Difficulty Level; Learning Strategies; Morphology (Languages); Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienanfänger; Ausland; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Analytischer Sprachbau; Language test; Sprachtest; Fehlertyp; Error analysis; Language; Fehleranalyse; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Morphology; Morphologie; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	English as a Foreign Language (EFL) freshman students at the College of Languages and Translation received direct instruction in adjective-forming suffixes, then they took an immediate and a delayed test. Error analysis showed that 36% of the responses were left blank or the subjects duplicated the stimulus word. In 32% they mismatched the word and suffix, in 36% they made spelling mistakes; in 15% they spelled words phonetically, and in 15% they added a noun or an adverb forming suffix. Significant differences were found in the amount of errors made by the students on both tests. The amount of errors made correlated with the students' vocabulary knowledge. A hierarchy of difficulty in attaching adjective-forming suffixes, faulty strategies used in adjective morphology and possible causes of students' difficulty in adjective suffix acquisition are given. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01