LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 10 : 9 September 2010
ISSN 1930-2940

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Syntactic Errors Made by Science Students
at the Graduate Level in Pakistan -
Causes and Remedies

Azhar Pervaiz, Ph.D. Candidate
Muhammad Kamal Khan, Ph.D. Candidate


Abstract

This article presents an overview of the errors committed by the students of science subjects. These students are predominantly concerned with the concepts of basic sciences like Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. As a result, they fail to concentrate on the other subjects like English which is an integral part of their studies. The researchers took thirty samples of papers conducted in the internal examination of the Bachelor of Science degree students from the University of Sargodha. The researchers analyzed, evaluated and identified the errors committed by the learners on Pit Corder's (1981) model of error analysis, with slight changes, and elaborated them with tables and diagrams. Finally, on the basis of findings, certain recommendations are given for effective second language teaching to the students of sciences at graduate level.

1. Introduction

This study traces the reasons and causes of errors committed by the students of science subjects in learning their second language, i.e., English. The main aim of the study is to point out the errors made by the undergraduate science students and then suggest some remedial measures to correct those errors, and to facilitate the learners as well as the subsequent researchers to open some new venues of error analysis.

The study further aims to give some suggestions and recommendations for the effective second language teaching at undergraduate level so that the research may render valuable service to the field of error analysis in Pakistan.

Moreover, the researchers aim at identifying the types of problems and errors made by the learners on S. Pit Corder's (1981) model with slight modifications, for it is of great importance in the field of error analysis.

This introductory part provides a short sketch of the aims of the present study. Section 2 provides the literature review based on error analysis, types of errors and procedure of error analysis. The main focus is on the model given by Pit Corder as mentioned earlier.

In section 3, we have discussed the methodology of the study. Section 4 shows the analysis of the data. We have applied a five-point procedure of error analysis in this section. Graphs and tables are used for explanation. The discussion portion in section 5 provides some points regarding various phonological, morphological and syntactic errors of the students. We have also given some recommendations based on the findings of the study.

Section 6 concludes the discussion. The sentences of the students are given at the end as annexture A.


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Azhar Parvaiz, M.A., M.S., B.Ed., Ph.D. Candidate
Department of English
University of Sargodha, Pakistan
sargodhian67@yahoo.com

Muhammad Kamal Khan, M.A, M. Phil, PGD-ELT, Ph. D. Candidate
Department of English Language and Literature
Government Islamia College
Civil Lines
Lahore, Pakistan
mkkamazai@hotmail.com

 
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