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An Analysis Of Errors Made By Tanzanian Advanced Level Learners Of English In Their Academic Writing

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dc.contributor.author Shigini, Peter Gonga
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-04T08:26:30Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-04T08:26:30Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.citation Shigini, P. G. (2020). An analysis of errors made by Tanzanian advanced level learners of English in their academic writing, East African Journal of Social and Applied Sciences, 2(1), 100-113. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2714-2051
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mocu.ac.tz/xmlui/handle/123456789/259
dc.description.abstract This study investigated errors committed by A-level students in their academic writing. In examining the types of errors made, students’ written essays and compositions were analysed. The data were collected by use of writing task; and Content Analysis (CA) method was used in analysing the data. The findings indicate that learners committed numerous errors; and the most prevalent errors committed were lexical errors; followed by orthographic errors, grammatical errors and morphological errors. It was concluded that, though errors in the learners’ language are fruitful and indispensable to both the L2 learners and the teachers; lexical errors are potentially the most disruptive and detrimental errors (in written communication) because they affect the message’s intended meaning. Therefore, since learners appeared to make more lexical errors; and lexical items are key items in any language not only because they convey the intended meaning, but also they play a great role in the process of learning a language; and they are the first linguistic items to be acquired, it is recommended that teachers of English should put more emphasis on content words so as to ensure that learners have an adequate vocabulary which is useful in producing good written tasks as well as speeches. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher East African Journal of Social and Applied Sciences EAJ-SAS en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Vol.2;No.1
dc.subject Management en_US
dc.title An Analysis Of Errors Made By Tanzanian Advanced Level Learners Of English In Their Academic Writing en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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