Abstract: Language teaching and learning have certain opportunities and challenges. 'Errors&#... more Abstract: Language teaching and learning have certain opportunities and challenges. 'Errors' are almost seen in all language areas; hence, researchers need to master a good command of error analysis to be able to make a distinction among different types of errors. The present study, therefore, attempted to use a descriptive-analytical approach to distinguish the possible causes of errors in translation tasks of Iranian third grade high school students. The target population of the study was defined as Iranian third grade high school students. The sample composed of 40 students randomly selected from among the high school students of North of Fars Province. Translation errors were extracted from the students' performance on three translation tests given to them during and at the end of the semester. The findings indicated that errors included addition and omission of language elements, wrong choice of items, and incorrect arrangement of structures. These errors seemed to ...
Writing in a second language is usually considered as the last yet the most challenging skill to ... more Writing in a second language is usually considered as the last yet the most challenging skill to be learned. Similarly, learning to write in Arabic seems to have its own complications due to its unique grammar and sentence structures; hence, the present study attempted to investigate the effect of ‘Pattern Practice’ on developing Arabic students’ writing skill. However, pattern practice was not in the form of traditional mechanical drilling of the Arabic structures; instead, the learners participated in some awareness raising sessions including practicing the already identified and underlined structures of the texts through translating the similar structures from Persian into English. The present study attempted to answer the fundamental question of whether translation pattern practice had the potential to develop writing proficiency and reduce the learners’ errors when writing in Arabic as their L2. Writing errors were classified as grammatical, lexical and spelling. The study, hen...
Abstract: Language teaching and learning have certain opportunities and challenges. 'Errors&#... more Abstract: Language teaching and learning have certain opportunities and challenges. 'Errors' are almost seen in all language areas; hence, researchers need to master a good command of error analysis to be able to make a distinction among different types of errors. The present study, therefore, attempted to use a descriptive-analytical approach to distinguish the possible causes of errors in translation tasks of Iranian third grade high school students. The target population of the study was defined as Iranian third grade high school students. The sample composed of 40 students randomly selected from among the high school students of North of Fars Province. Translation errors were extracted from the students' performance on three translation tests given to them during and at the end of the semester. The findings indicated that errors included addition and omission of language elements, wrong choice of items, and incorrect arrangement of structures. These errors seemed to ...
Writing in a second language is usually considered as the last yet the most challenging skill to ... more Writing in a second language is usually considered as the last yet the most challenging skill to be learned. Similarly, learning to write in Arabic seems to have its own complications due to its unique grammar and sentence structures; hence, the present study attempted to investigate the effect of ‘Pattern Practice’ on developing Arabic students’ writing skill. However, pattern practice was not in the form of traditional mechanical drilling of the Arabic structures; instead, the learners participated in some awareness raising sessions including practicing the already identified and underlined structures of the texts through translating the similar structures from Persian into English. The present study attempted to answer the fundamental question of whether translation pattern practice had the potential to develop writing proficiency and reduce the learners’ errors when writing in Arabic as their L2. Writing errors were classified as grammatical, lexical and spelling. The study, hen...
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