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Errors in English Writing Composition at Secondary Level in Abbottabad
Abstract
The current study explored the nature of incorrect structures produced by the students learning English as a second language and their written compositions were selected to point out the causes of these errors and suggest suitable remedial measures. Being action-based research it was a mix-method inquiry to analyzing the learners’ errors. Ellis's (1985) approach to analyze learners’ errors was applied to probe into the faulty structures produced in the written composition. The current research was conducted in a government secondary, Abbottabad, and all the students studying English at the secondary level were assigned the task to compose an essay on an already decided topic. These handwritten scripts were manually computed in Microsoft word format and online software, Grammarly, was utilized to find the errors to investigate the nature of errors that most commonly occur in learners’ writing in L2. The findings of the study highlighted the written compositions of the students contained a variety of interlingual and intralingual or developmental errors. The study also recommended some of the feasible corrective measures especially individual corrective feedback to overcome these errors
Authors
Atta Ur Rehman Jadoon
Ph D Scholar, Department of English, Foundation University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tahir Afzal
Department of English, Foundation University, Islamabad, Pakistan
