Abstract: Systematic studies of language errors made by students while learning a foreign language (FL) have been of great interest for researchers that help in designing the curriculum and textbooks for the learners. Mistakes which constantly appear in certain structures of a target language learnt by people speaking same native tongue draw the researcher’s attention to the foreign structures difficult to acquire by learners. In recent years, applied linguistics have been much concerned with the description of the linguistic behavior of the FL learners labeled as deviant or error. In particular, a technique known as error analysis has been developed by means of which it is claimed access is gained to the transitional competence of the FL learner. The source of mistakes is plentiful and the errors discussed in this study are interpreted linguistically. In this study, only those mistakes are discussed which are caused by the linguistic phenomenon and interpreted linguistically. The present study focuses on the most common linguistic errors which Arabic speaking learners in Jazan University encounter in learning English as a foreign language.
Keywords: Language, Error Analysis, Foreign language, Applied Linguistics, Competence.
Title: Errors in English Paragraph Writing Made by Jazan University Students: A Linguistic Analysis
Author: Irshad Ahmad Naikoo, Parvaiz Ahmad Ganai, Sultan Yahya Tawhari
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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