A Survey of Grammatical Errors in Paragraph Writing in English B.A. by Second Year English Majors Taking English Paragraph Writing
Keywords:
Grammatical Errors, Paragraph Writing in English, English Paragraph Writing SubjectAbstract
The purpose of this article research was 1) to survey grammatical errors in paragraph writing in English program and 2) to collect information and guideline for English teaching learning and for English curriculum development for undergraduate students the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University. The population in this study were 2nd year students 36 students in English program, B.A., who study English Paragraph writing subjects in the first semester of the academic year 2019. The instruments in this research were assignments for writing English paragraphs and forms to use to record errors in writing English at the paragraph level individually. The results of the research showed that from the analysis of errors in paragraph 4 level writing that is 1) paragraph style 2) paragraph structure 3) grammar and structure and 4) using punctuation, the use of capital letters and spelling. The highest percentage of grammatical and sentence structure errors, accounting for 58.72%, consisting of errors in incorrect usage of words Incorrect use of verb forms and the use of wrong prefixes are 10.57, 9.56 and 8.89% respectively and the main elements in writing to communicate to the readers clearly, easily, interesting and correct according to popularity. Therefore, there should be a paragraph-level English Writing course in the curriculum of all academic discipline which should include the content of all 4 areas in the next course of study.
References
นิธิดา อดิภัทรนันท์. (2539). การวิเคราะห์งานเขียนภาษาอังกฤษของนักเรียนระดับมัธยมศึกษาตอนปลายในจังหวัดเชียงใหม่. เชียงใหม่: มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่.
วันทนี แสงคล้ายเจริญ. (2561). “การศึกษาข้อผิดพลาดทางไวยากรณ์ในงานเขียนภาษาอังกฤษและกลยุทธ์ในการเขียนภาษาอังกฤษของนักศึกษาหลักสูตรศิลปศาสตรบัณฑิตสาขาวิชาภาษาอังกฤษ มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏยะลา.” Veridian E-Journal 11, 3 (กันยายน-ธันวาคม) 2561: 538-554.
Angelova, M. (1999). An exploratory study of factors affecting the process and product of writing in English as a foreign language. (Doctoral dissertation, State University of New York, Buffalo).
Beare, S. (2000). Differences in content generating and planning processes of adult L1 and L2 proficient writers. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Ottawa).
Chotirat, N. (1998). An investigation on writing strategies employed by students with high and low writing ability. (Master’s Degree Thesis, Mahidol University).
Cornbleet, S. and Carter, R. (2001). The language of speech and writing. The United States of American: Ruthledge.
Dixon, C. N. and Nessel, D. (1983). Language experience approach to reading (and writing): LEA for ESL. California: The Alemany.
Grabe, W. and Kaplan, R. (1989). Writing in a second language: Contrastive rhetoric. London and New York: Longman.
Grensing, L. (1988). Building your business writing. Management World, 17(2), 17-18.
Jandaprom, N. (1988). Writing ability at the communication level of mathayom suksa six students in public secondary schools. (Master’s Degree Thesis, Kasetsart University).
Jarunthawatchai, W. (2001). A case study of writing strategies used in process writing by proficient and less proficient writers. (Master’s Degree Thesis, Thammasat University).
Luekiatpaisarn, S. (1991). A Comparison of English writing process as perceived by high and low English writing achievers in higher education institutions. (Master’s Degree Thesis, Chulalongkorn University).
Lynch, W. (1998). An investigation of writing strategies used by high ability seventh graders responding to a state-mandated explanatory writing assessment task. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 13- 17, 1998, ERIC database ED 418436.
Puapunte, S. (1989). The level of English writing ability of upper secondary school students. (Master’s Degree Thesis, Chulalongkorn University).
Raimes, A. (1987). Language proficiency, writing ability, and composing strategies: a study of ESL college student writers. Language Learning. 37(3). Retrieved June 4, 2007, from http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-1770.1987.tb00578.x.
Rivers, W. (1970). Teaching Foreign Language Skills. Tokyo: Toppan.
Sattaytham, A. and Ratanapinyowong, P. (2008). Analysis of Errors in Paragraph Writing in English by First year Medical Students from the four Medical Schools at Mahidol University. Silpakorn University International Journal, 9:17-38.
