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Document Type : Thesis 
Document Title :
A Linguistic Study of Positive and Negative Transfer among English Majors of Jeddah Women's College with Reference to Clause Linkage
دراسة لغوية للتداخل اللغوي الإيجابي والسلبي في كتابات طالبات الفرقة الرابعة بكلية التربية للبنات بجدة بالإشارة إلى العبارة الرابطة
 
Subject : College of Education Humanities 
Document Language : Arabic 
Abstract : The purpose of the present study is to pinpoint areas of difficulty in English Appositive and Elliptical Clauses. Particularly, it aims at identifying and analyzing errors made by EFL senior students regarding the use of Appositive and Elliptical Clauses in their writing. The subjects of the study are 130 EFL senior students at Women's College of Education in Jeddah. The data is obtained from students' written work, an MCQ test, a translation test and a cloze one. The identification of errors is followed by their classification and then an explanation of their possible causes is presented in order to provide the main findings of the study. The main Findings of the Study are: 1. Absence of some types of Appositive Clauses from the students' writing. 2. Errors found in Appositive Clauses are mainly attributed to the students' mother tongue interference. 2. Errors found in Elliptical Clauses are ascribed to other learning problems, such as ignorance of rule restrictions, incomplete application of rules and overgeneralization. 3. In Elliptical Clauses, some errors are attributed to mother tongue interference and other learning problems at the same time. 4. In Elliptical Clauses, students' mother tongue is behind the absence of Ellipsis in the students' writing. That is due to the fact that in English, the overuse of words is avoided by ellipsis but in Arabic, repetition is avoided by substitution. The findings of the study have important implications for Appositive and Elliptical Clauses teaching and learning. Syllabus designers, teachers and students should acknowledge the importance of using these clauses in writing. Appositive Clauses can identify and explain things at the sentence level without giving more explanations. Ellipsis, for the sake of emphasis and economy, helps students reduce and connect one part of the text to another without loss of identity. Teachers should draw attention to the differences between English and Arabic Appositive and Elliptical Clauses. The points where interference may take place should be made clear to help students avoid such interference. Students should be given more practice and intensive drilling techniques to use such clauses in their writing. Moreover, extensive writing in the target language enables students to be acquainted with the use and usage of these two types of clauses. 
Supervisor : Dr. Amira Dawood Kashgary 
Thesis Type : Master Thesis 
Publishing Year : 1430 AH
2009 AD 
Added Date : Monday, April 12, 2010 

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Researcher Name (Arabic)Researcher Name (English)Researcher TypeDr GradeEmail
فوزية محمد الشريفAl-Shareef, Fawzia MohammedResearcher  

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