Error analysis of primary 6 guided compositions three selected Kuching schools / Wes Mirid

Most ESL teachers face challenges in teaching writing as it involves demanding processes and requires some conscious mental effort to combine and arrange the sentences. As a result, errors and mistakes in learners' writings are common and inevitable. Therefore, the aim of this study was to exam...

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Main Author:	Mirid, Wes
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2008
Subjects:	L Education (General) LB Theory and practice of education Primary Education English language
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/65481/1/65481.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.654812022-08-23T02:14:40Z Error analysis of primary 6 guided compositions three selected Kuching schools / Wes Mirid 2008-03 Mirid, Wes L Education (General) LB Theory and practice of education Primary Education English language Most ESL teachers face challenges in teaching writing as it involves demanding processes and requires some conscious mental effort to combine and arrange the sentences. As a result, errors and mistakes in learners' writings are common and inevitable. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine some linguistic errors that were found in the Primary 6 students' guided compositions in three selected schools in Kuching Districts, Sarawak Malaysia. The samples comprised 60 students, randomly selected from Sekolah Kebangsaan Laksamana, Kuching, Sekolah Kebangsaan Satria Jaya, Kuching and Sekolah Kebangsaan Green Road, Kuching.Authentic learners' compositions were collected and analyzed according to the seven categories derived from the UCL Editor error-tagging scheme (Granger, Dagneaux, Denness, and Meunier, 1996) and follows the principles of Error Analysis suggested by Corder (1974). Findings revealed that generally students made high frequency errors in grammatical items, especially with tenses and use of verbs. The errors were mainly misselection of tenses and verbs used as a result of overgeneralization and ignorance of rule restrictions 2008-03 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/65481/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/65481/1/65481.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Sarawak Faculty of Education
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spellingShingle	L Education (General) LB Theory and practice of education Primary Education English language Mirid, Wes Error analysis of primary 6 guided compositions three selected Kuching schools / Wes Mirid
description	Most ESL teachers face challenges in teaching writing as it involves demanding processes and requires some conscious mental effort to combine and arrange the sentences. As a result, errors and mistakes in learners' writings are common and inevitable. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine some linguistic errors that were found in the Primary 6 students' guided compositions in three selected schools in Kuching Districts, Sarawak Malaysia. The samples comprised 60 students, randomly selected from Sekolah Kebangsaan Laksamana, Kuching, Sekolah Kebangsaan Satria Jaya, Kuching and Sekolah Kebangsaan Green Road, Kuching.Authentic learners' compositions were collected and analyzed according to the seven categories derived from the UCL Editor error-tagging scheme (Granger, Dagneaux, Denness, and Meunier, 1996) and follows the principles of Error Analysis suggested by Corder (1974). Findings revealed that generally students made high frequency errors in grammatical items, especially with tenses and use of verbs. The errors were mainly misselection of tenses and verbs used as a result of overgeneralization and ignorance of rule restrictions
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Mirid, Wes
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title	Error analysis of primary 6 guided compositions three selected Kuching schools / Wes Mirid
title_short	Error analysis of primary 6 guided compositions three selected Kuching schools / Wes Mirid
title_full	Error analysis of primary 6 guided compositions three selected Kuching schools / Wes Mirid
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Error analysis of primary 6 guided compositions three selected Kuching schools / Wes Mirid

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