L1 Influence on Writing in L2 among UCSI Chinese Students: A Case Study.
Approximately one-third of the students of the English Language and Communication (ELC) Department at UCSI University come from mainland China. As English is the medium of instruction in almost all courses in the university, these students are exposed to various situations where the English language...
| Publicado en: | Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 1835 - 1848 |
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
Dec2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=120300705&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 120300705 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 01287702 TKQ jtl: Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities issn: 01287702 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2016 vid: 24 iid: 4 pid: 20751 pub: Universiti Putra Malaysia artinfo: ui: 120300705 ppf: 1835 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2.6MB tig: atl: L1 Influence on Writing in L2 among UCSI Chinese Students: A Case Study. aug: au: Dipolog-Ubanan, G. F. affil: English Language and Communication Department, Faculty of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts, UCSI University, No.1 Jalan Menara Gading, UCSI Heights, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia su: Chinese language students English language Writing ability testing Communication in education Interference (Linguistics) sug: subj: Chinese language students English language Writing ability testing Communication in education Interference (Linguistics) keyword: Chinese students L2 LI interference mother tongue Writing errors ab: Approximately one-third of the students of the English Language and Communication (ELC) Department at UCSI University come from mainland China. As English is the medium of instruction in almost all courses in the university, these students are exposed to various situations where the English language is used. They do not encounter major difficulties with the spoken language, but problems emerge when they write paragraphs, reports, or term papers. This study aims to investigate the common errors in the paragraphs written by ELC Chinese students and suggest ways to address this problem. Paragraphs written by the 30 Chinese students who registered between January and May semesters 2015 were analyzed and categorized into types of errors. Moreover, 10 students (from the May semester) were interviewed to solicit their ideas on what aspects of writing in English they found difficult, and how these problems could be solved. The results showed that the most common errors were on word choice and word form, spelling, tenses, use of articles and determiners, number, and agreement of subject and verb. The interview further revealed that students were aware of the interference of their first language (L1) on their writing in English, and of their tendency to translate from their L1 to English when writing in English. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Case Study src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities is the property of Universiti Putra Malaysia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities holder: Universiti Putra Malaysia dt: @attributes: year: 2016 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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