Analysis of EFL Students’ Mistakes Towards Negation Structures in English

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10.2991/assehr.k.211224.036How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Negation structure; error analysis; semantic and pragmatic aspects; EFL students

Abstract

In the field of linguistics, negative structures seem to be a universal topic of research. There have been numerous studies conducted on the grammatical mistakes associated with negative constructions. Nonetheless, researchers discovered that there are just a few research that has looked at mistakes from semantic and pragmatic perspectives. Explicitly, the goal of this research was to identify and analyze the mistakes that EFL students often make while interpreting negative English structures, as well as the factors that contribute to these errors. Notably, 220 students from four universities in Ho Chi Minh City took part in the survey research. The data was gathered via online questionnaires, which were then evaluated using both quantitative and qualitative techniques. The findings revealed that EFL students made a variety of errors when it came to recognizing and using negative structures in semantic and pragmatic contexts, depending on their level of proficiency. As a result, several recommendations are made regarding the teaching and learning of these structures in EFL classrooms.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nuong Nguyen Thuy
AU  - Hai Tran Quang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - Analysis of EFL Students’ Mistakes Towards Negation Structures in English
BT  - Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Asia Association of Computer-Assisted Language Learning (AsiaCALL–2-2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 373
EP  - 379
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211224.036
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211224.036
ID  - Thuy2021
ER  -