Chatruethai Namkaew. Error analysis in English simple past tense and past progressive tense by graduate students. Master's Degree(English for Careers). Thammasat University. Thammasat University Library. : Thammasat University, 2015.
Error analysis in English simple past tense and past progressive tense by graduate students
Abstract:
This current study aims to investigate the types and causes of errors as well as to find out the frequency of error types in English simple past tense and past progressive tense by using error analysis. The participants in the study were 25 graduate students studying in a government university. Most of them were from various faculties and their English proficiency test scores were below the universitys minimum requirement. The instruments in this study were a questionnaire, writing tasks, a gap filling task, and an interview. The data were analyzed by applying surface structure taxonomy to classify the types of errors and interlingual and intralingual errors to describe the cause of errors. The frequency of error was illustrated in descriptive statistics. The results from the writing tasks showed that six types of errors were found in past simple tense, while in past progressive tense, two types of errors were discovered. The results from the gap filling task showed that in past simple tense, three types of errors were revealed, while in past progressive tense, four types of errors were found. It was discovered that in both two tenses, misformation errors occurred the most frequently in students narrative writing and the gap filling task. Intralingual and interlingual errors were found as the causes of committing errors which could be observed from the writing tasks, gap filling tasks, and interviews. It is expected that this current study could provide a useful tool, guidance, and knowledge of English simple past tense and past progressive tense to teachers and self-learners
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