Main Page
Deanship
The Dean
Dean's Word
Curriculum Vitae
Contact the Dean
Vision and Mission
Organizational Structure
Vice- Deanship
Vice- Dean
KAU Graduate Studies
Research Services & Courses
Research Services Unit
Important Research for Society
Deanship's Services
FAQs
Research
Staff Directory
Files
Favorite Websites
Deanship Access Map
Graduate Studies Awards
Deanship's Staff
Staff Directory
Files
Researches
Contact us
عربي
English
About
Admission
Academic
Research and Innovations
University Life
E-Services
Search
Deanship of Graduate Studies
Document Details
Document Type
:
Thesis
Document Title
:
A Linguistic Study of Positive and Negative Transfer among English Majors of Jeddah Women's College with Reference to Clause Linkage
دراسة لغوية للتداخل اللغوي الإيجابي والسلبي في كتابات طالبات الفرقة الرابعة بكلية التربية للبنات بجدة بالإشارة إلى العبارة الرابطة
Subject
:
College of Education Humanities
Document Language
:
Arabic
Abstract
:
The purpose of the present study is to pinpoint areas of difficulty in English Appositive and Elliptical Clauses. Particularly, it aims at identifying and analyzing errors made by EFL senior students regarding the use of Appositive and Elliptical Clauses in their writing. The subjects of the study are 130 EFL senior students at Women's College of Education in Jeddah. The data is obtained from students' written work, an MCQ test, a translation test and a cloze one. The identification of errors is followed by their classification and then an explanation of their possible causes is presented in order to provide the main findings of the study. The main Findings of the Study are: 1. Absence of some types of Appositive Clauses from the students' writing. 2. Errors found in Appositive Clauses are mainly attributed to the students' mother tongue interference. 2. Errors found in Elliptical Clauses are ascribed to other learning problems, such as ignorance of rule restrictions, incomplete application of rules and overgeneralization. 3. In Elliptical Clauses, some errors are attributed to mother tongue interference and other learning problems at the same time. 4. In Elliptical Clauses, students' mother tongue is behind the absence of Ellipsis in the students' writing. That is due to the fact that in English, the overuse of words is avoided by ellipsis but in Arabic, repetition is avoided by substitution. The findings of the study have important implications for Appositive and Elliptical Clauses teaching and learning. Syllabus designers, teachers and students should acknowledge the importance of using these clauses in writing. Appositive Clauses can identify and explain things at the sentence level without giving more explanations. Ellipsis, for the sake of emphasis and economy, helps students reduce and connect one part of the text to another without loss of identity. Teachers should draw attention to the differences between English and Arabic Appositive and Elliptical Clauses. The points where interference may take place should be made clear to help students avoid such interference. Students should be given more practice and intensive drilling techniques to use such clauses in their writing. Moreover, extensive writing in the target language enables students to be acquainted with the use and usage of these two types of clauses.
Supervisor
:
Dr. Amira Dawood Kashgary
Thesis Type
:
Master Thesis
Publishing Year
:
1430 AH
2009 AD
Added Date
:
Monday, April 12, 2010
Researchers
Researcher Name (Arabic)
Researcher Name (English)
Researcher Type
Dr Grade
Email
فوزية محمد الشريف
Al-Shareef, Fawzia Mohammed
Researcher
Files
File Name
Type
Description
26455.pdf
pdf
Back To Researches Page