Arab Students' Problems with the English Relative Clause.

Kharma, Nayef N.

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ERIC Number: EJ361143

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Publication Date: 1987

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Arab Students' Problems with the English Relative Clause.

Kharma, Nayef N.

IRAL, v25 n3 p257-66 Aug 1987

Analysis of errors collected from English essays of native Arabic-speaking university students and their translations from Arabic into English identified 14 error classifications, with the vast majority of errors attributable to negative transfer or interference from Arabic. (CB)

Descriptors: Arabic, Arabs, College Students, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Essays, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interference (Language), Rhetoric, Second Language Instruction, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Writing (Composition)

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Kuwait

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