Activities of Department of English
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| Title: Tense Errors in English among High School Students: A Case Study | |
| Start Date: 2021-11-01 End Date: 2021-11-01 Duration: 1 days | |
| Nature of the Activity: Research Project | |
| Summary: <div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The study of a language’s grammatical system is referred to as grammar. The total set of rules</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">that regulate how words are paired to produce utterances is referred to as the grammatical</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">system. The purpose of theoretical grammar is to provide a theoretical analysis of the</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">grammatical system of a language. Learning English grammar and using it correctly takes a lot</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">of time, effort, and practise. Mastering appropriate grammar is crucial because it provides insight</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">into the human mind and our enormous mental potential for language learning and knowledge.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Understanding grammar allows us to appreciate the qualities that make sentences and paragraphs</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">clear, engaging, joyful, and precise.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tense is the most important aspect of English grammar, and no one can deny that it is also the</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">most difficult, with non-native learners spending a significant amount of time learning how to</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">understand and utilise it properly. Tense has been identified as the most difficult component for</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">second language learners in numerous studies. Some pupils are unsure of their ability to choose</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">the suitable tense forms, according to the results.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The aim of this study is to examine the faults that High School students make when using</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">English tenses. Students’ mistakes are analysed to see what’s wrong with their tenses. This</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">study’s main purpose is to investigate tense errors among high school students. Hanhchara High</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">School and Teok High School have been chosen as the study’s locations. The study will</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">investigate and evaluate tense errors among students in class IX and X at the chosen schools. The</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">research will attempt to identify tense errors made by pupils and offer remedies and suggestions</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">for avoiding them.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The objectives of the Study:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1. Investigate and analyze students' errors in English tenses.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2. Suggest solutions to the problem according to the nature of these errors.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Findings:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">i) According to the findings of the investigation, pupils make several types of tenses errors. Apart from the challenges of the target language, the rationale for these errors could be due to a difference between learners native and target languages.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ii) Most of the students have confusion in the use of perfect tense.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">iii) Students have much difficulty in the use of present perfect, present perfect continuous and past perfect continuous tense.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">iv) Past perfect continuous tense was found to have big percentage of errors. The result demonstrates that majority of the students failed to choose the correct answer. Only 4% students of both the schools could put the verb in its correct form.</span></div> | |