Error Analysis of Written Essays: Do Private School Students Show Better EFL Writing Performance?

Autor/in	Alsher, Tasnim
Titel	Error Analysis of Written Essays: Do Private School Students Show Better EFL Writing Performance?
Quelle	In: International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 7 (2021) 3, S.608-629 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Alsher, Tasnim)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2148-9955
Schlagwörter	Essays; Writing Achievement; Writing Skills; Error Patterns; Grammar; Spelling; Punctuation; Performance Factors; Educational Background; Public Schools; Private Schools; Undergraduate Students; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Arabs; Semitic Languages; Foreign Countries; Palestine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Fehlertyp; Grammatik; Schreibweise; Interpunktion; Leistungsindikator; Vorbildung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Arab; Araber; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Ausland; Palästina
Abstract	This study investigated writing errors committed by engineering students at AnNajah National University in Palestine and compared these errors based on school type. It analyzed errors in essays of 54 undergraduate students, 28 attended governmental schools, and 26 attended private schools. Errors were classified based on James's taxonomy. Results showed that both groups faced the same problems when writing in English, as the frequency of committed errors for both groups had the order of morphology, spelling, punctuation, formal, syntactic, semantic and ordering, except for formal errors being higher than punctuation for private school students. The study also concluded that no statistical significant differences were apparent in frequency of errors committed by the two groups. This indicates that private school students do not outperform their governmental school peers in school performance. Such results are necessary for parents and for the Ministry of Education as they oppose the general belief that performance of private school students is better. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01