Grammatical Error Made By Students in Speaking English

Authors

  • Hurain Zahid Jinnah University for Women

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47941/ejl.1588

Keywords:

Grammatical Error, Second Language, Speaking

Abstract

Purpose: In today's world English is by far the most important language than any other and more spoken than it ever has been. English speaking plays a vital role in every human's life as it means to express ideas thoughts and feelings. This study is aimed to reveal the types of grammatical error and the cause of errors made by students while speaking English. Communication in English as a second language with the right use of grammar is not an easy task because a learner has to deal with so many problems to overcome and improve grammar.

Methodology: So it is important to classify and describe the various grammatical error to build a standardized structure for students to use and to know the rules of grammar.

Findings: The student highest grammatical errors were omission, misinformation. The Interlingua factors were misinformation and overuse of prepositions and incorrect word order which were based on their first language L1 transfer. Lastly, the last cause was the monotonous learning environment that cause anxiety which lack student confidence and they commit error in speaking.

Unique contributor to theory, policy and practice: Therefore, the present study aimed to examine grammatical errors made by students in speaking A quantitative method paradigm was applied utilizing questionnaire as a tool to collect data. The participants of the research are the students of BS all department of a private university. This method uses to analyze the data through purposive sampling. The study reveals the grammatical error that student strategies to a great extent and will focus on speaking, grammar and vocabulary.

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Author Biography

Hurain Zahid, Jinnah University for Women

English Department

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2023-12-23

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Zahid, H. (2023). Grammatical Error Made By Students in Speaking English. European Journal of Linguistics, 2(3), 53–72. https://doi.org/10.47941/ejl.1588

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