A Corpus-Based Study on English Prepositions of Place, "In" and "On"

Autor/inn/en	Arjan, Asmeza; Abdullah, Noor Hayati; Roslim, Norwati
Titel	A Corpus-Based Study on English Prepositions of Place, "In" and "On"
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 6 (2013) 12, S.167-174 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Computational Linguistics; College Students; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language Teachers; Persuasive Discourse; Form Classes (Languages); Writing (Composition); Second Language Instruction; Language Usage; Error Patterns; Error Analysis (Language); Essays; Foreign Countries; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Collegestudent; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Analytischer Sprachbau; Schreibübung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Sprachgebrauch; Fehlertyp; Error analysis; Language; Fehleranalyse; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Ausland
Abstract	This corpus-based study examined the usage, mastery and developmental pattern (Norwati, 2004) of English prepositions of place, "in" and "on" across three different academic levels namely Form 4, Form 5 and College students. The Malaysian Corpus of Students Argumentative Writing (MCSAW) was used as the source of data in analyzing the use of prepositions of place, "in" and "on" in the students' argumentative essays. In achieving this, the concordance output was utilized to determine the frequency and types of errors made by students. This paper also presents other common errors in relation to the usage of these two prepositions. The findings showed that in terms of mastery levels and developmental pattern, there was no steady progress from Form 4 to Form 5. Yet, the College students managed to show a positive development in the use of prepositions of place, "in" and "on." The findings also revealed that students are confused between "in" and "on" as well as using them with or without articles correctly. The findings of this study can benefit English teachers in teaching prepositions of place and the use of MCSAW can be fully utilized by teachers for further future researches. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01