The use of English articles by a group of EFL learners.

This study analyzes the written production of a group of English-as-a-foreign-language students in order to determine the errors concerning the use of articles that students make. Results show that the most common type of mistake in all levels tends to be the overuse of articles. This happened in si...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Hasbún Hasbún, Leyla
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2012
País:Costa Rica
Recursos:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositório:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/1171
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filyling/article/view/1171
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:articles
acquisition
errors
interference
English as a foreign language
artículos
adquisición
errores
interferencia
inglés como lengua extranjera
Descrição
Resumo:This study analyzes the written production of a group of English-as-a-foreign-language students in order to determine the errors concerning the use of articles that students make. Results show that the most common type of mistake in all levels tends to be the overuse of articles. This happened in six out of eight groups. This type of mistake represents from 40 to 58.82% of the article errors. The article claims that this is partly due to first language interference. There is also evidence that indicates that overuse tends to decrease but not in a significant way.