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Error Analysis of English Paragraphs by Pakistani Undergraduates

Master Hamza, Rooman Khan and Dr. Abdul Malik Abbasi

Abstract

The present paper aims to investigate the errors of Pakistani learners of English in their write-ups. The major goal of this research is to figure out common errors which students make during extemporaneous writing. This research was intended to identify, classify, define & then explain causes behind this lack of skill among students. To do this research, quantitative method was used. 20 participants (10 males & 10 females) were recruited from the department of Computer Science, Sindh Madressatul Islam University Karachi and Orasoft Training Institute, Karachi. The participants were asked to write a paragraph (questionnaire attached in Appendix-1) which was used as a tool of data collection in this research and to identify the classification of errors which students make in their writings. For this research, the researchers analyzed each questionnaire and marked the errors and then formed the tables for each category of error comprising of number of students made this error which was used for conclusion and leading to the root cause of errors made in their write-ups. During analysis of their write-ups, the study was able to point out 111 errors (in 11 different categories), it was also found that the most common type of error which participants made during writing was punctuation (36.93 & of total errors). There was no major difference between error pattern of male & female students since frequency of errors made by them was just a slightly different (61:50).

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Introduction

The present study aims to investigate writing errors made by undergraduate students at SMIU Karachi. Language is a means of communication. It is a way to share your thoughts, feelings, and ideas to others. English Language is most common foreign language all around the world. Owing to its popularity & being common, it has become common medium of communication around the globe. English language has become necessity in learning phase as well. It is being taught from Pre-School to Masters and Doctorate level. Due to its generality in communication, many people are willing to enhance or improve communication skills in English Language by different means. There are basically 4 pillars of any language: reading, writing, listening and speaking. A person who want to share his/her ideas/thoughts to other, he/she may say it or use a pen to note it down on a paper. We all possess different level of communication skills in language (either English). Some of us would might have better speaking ability than others, several of us would be stronger in writing skills than rest of us. So, it depends on mentality, way of thinking, confidence, knowledge etc. of a person.

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Master Hazma
Student of the Department of Computer Science
Sindh Madressatul Islam University
Karachi
Pakistan
mhali@stu.smiu.edu.pk

Rooman Khan
Student of the Department of Computer Science
Sindh Madressatul Islam University
Karachi
Pakistan
urooman@stu.smiu.edu.pk

Dr Abdul Malik Abbasi
Assistant Professor of English
Department of Allied Subjects
SMIU, Karachi
Pakistan
amabbasi@smiu.edu.pk

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