The common grammar errors regarding subject-verb agreement performed by UiTM TESL students and the factors that contributed to the errors / Siti Hajar Jasni

Jasni, Siti Hajar (2014) The common grammar errors regarding subject-verb agreement performed by UiTM TESL students and the factors that contributed to the errors / Siti Hajar Jasni. Degree thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA.

Abstract

The study was conducted to investigate the common grammar errors regarding subject-verb agreement performed by UiTM TESL students and the factors that contributed to the errors performed. A total of 40 UiTM TESL students from semester 8 were chosen as participants. An error analysis on the students' assignments was done. The number of errors regarding subject-verb agreement was tabulated. The result of the study suggested that the most common grammar errors regarding subject verb agreement performed by UiTM TESL students was on simple subject-verb agreement. Among the factor that was found to contribute to the errors was the influence of mother-tongue, which is Malay.

Metadata

Item Type:	Thesis (Degree)
Creators:	Creators Email / ID Num. Jasni, Siti Hajar 2010275042
Contributors:	Contribution Name Email / ID Num. Thesis advisor Hassan, Noraini UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics > Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics > Language and languages
Divisions:	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam > Faculty of Education
Programme:	Degree of Bachelor of Education (Honours) Teaching English As A Second Language
Keywords:	Grammar, Errors, TESL, UiTM
Date:	July 2014
URI:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/39617