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- Title
Syntactic Errorsin Written English Essays At Secondary Level: Teachers’ perceptions.
- Authors
Ullah, Hayat; Ali, Sajjad; Ahmad, Sulaiman; Rehman, Alam
- Abstract
The purpose of this research study was to investigate teachers’ perceptions about syntactic errors in written English essays at secondary level of Pashto speaking students in district Mardan. The objectives of the study were to identify and investigate the causes of syntactic errors in written English essays of Pashto speaking students at secondary school leveland put forward suggestions for correct use of syntax in their essay writingsin the light of the teachers ‘opinions.Population of the study comprised all English teachers teaching inall schools at secondary level in DistrictMardan.Being a qualitative study, only eight English teachers were selected as convenient sample.The researchers used semi-structured interview for data collection. Data were analyzed bythematic analysis and frequency. The study revealed that Pashto speaking students at secondary level often make errors in subject verb agreement, verb, tenses, passivization due to influence of intra- language and inter-language transfer.
- Subjects
ENGLISH essays; SYNTAX (Grammar); PASHTO language; SECONDARY school teachers; VERBS
- Publication
Discourse (2521-5337), 2019, Vol 5, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
2521-5337
- Publication type
Article