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Title COMMON SYNTACTIC ERRORS IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION COMMITTED BY PAKISTANI LEARNERS OF VARIOUS LINGUISTIC BACKGROUNDS

Author(s) KISHWAR SULTANA

Abstract Writing in a foreign language is a troublesome task for the learners. Pakistani learners come across a number of difficulties while creating composition in English. One of such areas of difficulty is English syntax. Even after completing twelve academic years, the Pakistani learners find writing in English hard because of being poor at English grammar though writing is inevitable as they have to write assignments and take examinations in English throughout their academic career. The aim of the present research was to categorise and analyse syntactic errors made by the Pakistani learners from different regions who speak a variety of mother tongues. These errors were gathered through evaluation tests given to the students enrolled in the language programme at Diploma level, at FC Department of NUML, Islamabad. Mixed method research design comprising quantitative and qualitative research methods was used to explore the research questions. Pit Corder's theory of Error Analysis and Larry Selinker's theory of Inter Language were used as theoretical framework to explore these questions. The findings revealed that some of these errors occur due to the mother tongue interference but this is not the only factor behind these errors.

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Department English

Language English

Publication Date 2019-01-10

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