Grammatical Errors Secondary School Students Commit in Learning English Prepositions

Khrisat, Ola Mustafa Khaled Qammaz (2017) Grammatical Errors Secondary School Students Commit in Learning English Prepositions. Masters thesis, جامعة الشرق الاوسط.

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Abstract

This study aimed at highlighting the problems and difficulties that second language learners face when learning English prepositions. It also attempted to unfold the factors that cause these problems, as well as to investigate teacher‟s and supervisors‟ opinions of the importance of teaching English prepositions in a proper way. To achieve the goal of the study, the researcher collected data by means of two instruments: a pretest and test and open ended interview question. Tests consisted of different kinds of questions which were suitable for different students levels, they were designed to examine the problems faced by secondary school students. Five teachers and supervisors of English as a foreign language who teach 7th graders, were interviewed to know their view about the difficulties that face their students in learning English prepositions. The researcher raises the following questions: IX 1- What are the difficulties that face the second language learners when dealing with prepositions? 2- What are the reasons behind these difficulties? 3- What are the pedagogical methods to solve these difficulties? Keywords: prepositions, problems, secondary school students

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