Local Errors in Written Descriptive Essays: A Comparative Study of 8th Grade Students of Sialkot, Pakistan

Authors

  • Tayaba Nafsi Department of English, University of Sialkot, Pakistan
  • Ali Furqan Syed Department of English, University of Sialkot, Pakistan
  • Faiza Batool Department of English, University of Sialkot, Pakistan
  • Rabbia Siddiqi Department of English, University of Sialkot, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52223/JSSA23-040204-66

Keywords:

Local Errors, L2 Learners, Mixed Methodology, Spelling Errors, Sentence Structure, Interlingual

Abstract

This study examined local errors that eighth graders at a Pasrur private school made in their descriptive essays. Also, the sorts of local errors committed by L2 learners are identified in this paper. For both native speakers and non-native speakers, writing is a difficult undertaking. It requires not only a basic knowledge of grammar but also strong writing skills. This begins to be taught from the beginning of the school year. Error analysis is the process of identifying, interpreting, and analyzing mistakes/mistakes that are considered incorrect in relation to the grammatical rules of a language, and this is usually done by people learning a second language. To this end, the researcher does a comparative study of local mistakes made by 8th-grade boys and girls. Descriptive writing presents great difficulties. This study was conducted using a mixed methodology. The topic was given to fifty pupils, whose essays were then assessed for mistakes based on the frequency with which they appeared in his sample of carefully chosen compositions. According to the findings, misspellings are more common than sentence structure and word choice. According to this study’s findings, some of these mistakes are due to a lack of cross-linguistic proficiency. In other words, one source of these errors is the learner’s native tongue. Furthermore, this study concludes that the main cause of these local errors is a lack of grammatical and linguistic knowledge of the target language, that is English.

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Published

2023-06-02

How to Cite

Nafsi, T., Syed, A. F., Batool, F., & Siddiqi, R. (2023). Local Errors in Written Descriptive Essays: A Comparative Study of 8th Grade Students of Sialkot, Pakistan. Journal of Social Sciences Advancement, 4(2), 21–28. https://doi.org/10.52223/JSSA23-040204-66

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