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ERROR ANALYSIS A STUDY OF PREPOSITIONAL ERRORS AT ADVANCED AND INTERMEDIATE LEVEL IN PAKISTAN

13 Pages : 112-119

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).13      10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).13      Published : Mar 2019

Error Analysis: A Study of Prepositional Errors at Advanced and Intermediate Level in Pakistan

    The main purpose of this study was to contribute to a better understanding of the temporal preposition errors in order to have a positive impact on the teaching and learning process. The study investigated temporal preposition in the form of a test and questionnaire for the purpose of knowing the frequency and causes of these errors. The population consisted of intermediate and advanced level students at International Islamic University, Islamabad. Out of these, fifteen students were chosen from each level. Here the frequency of errors of both the groups is 58.89 % and the most problematic temporal prepositions were since, ago, between, over and throughout. The causes of error discovered were mostly overgeneralization and L1 interference.

    Error, mistake, error analysis, contrastive analysis, EFL
    (1) Liaqat Iqbal
    Assistant Professor, Department of English,Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Irfan Ullah
    Assistant Professor,Department of English,Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan
    (3) Ayaz Ahmad
    Lecturer, Department of English,Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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    APA : Iqbal, L., Ullah, I., & Ahmad, A. (2019). Error Analysis: A Study of Prepositional Errors at Advanced and Intermediate Level in Pakistan. Global Regional Review, IV(I), 112-119. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).13
    CHICAGO : Iqbal, Liaqat, Irfan Ullah, and Ayaz Ahmad. 2019. "Error Analysis: A Study of Prepositional Errors at Advanced and Intermediate Level in Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IV (I): 112-119 doi: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).13
    HARVARD : IQBAL, L., ULLAH, I. & AHMAD, A. 2019. Error Analysis: A Study of Prepositional Errors at Advanced and Intermediate Level in Pakistan. Global Regional Review, IV, 112-119.
    MHRA : Iqbal, Liaqat, Irfan Ullah, and Ayaz Ahmad. 2019. "Error Analysis: A Study of Prepositional Errors at Advanced and Intermediate Level in Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IV: 112-119
    MLA : Iqbal, Liaqat, Irfan Ullah, and Ayaz Ahmad. "Error Analysis: A Study of Prepositional Errors at Advanced and Intermediate Level in Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IV.I (2019): 112-119 Print.
    OXFORD : Iqbal, Liaqat, Ullah, Irfan, and Ahmad, Ayaz (2019), "Error Analysis: A Study of Prepositional Errors at Advanced and Intermediate Level in Pakistan", Global Regional Review, IV (I), 112-119
    TURABIAN : Iqbal, Liaqat, Irfan Ullah, and Ayaz Ahmad. "Error Analysis: A Study of Prepositional Errors at Advanced and Intermediate Level in Pakistan." Global Regional Review IV, no. I (2019): 112-119. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).13