Cohesive Errors in Writing among ESL Pre-Service Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Kwan, Lisa S. L.; Yunus, Melor Md
Titel	Cohesive Errors in Writing among ESL Pre-Service Teachers
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 7 (2014) 11, S.130-159 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Writing Skills; Error Patterns; Preservice Teachers; Essays; Teacher Education; Connected Discourse; Mixed Methods Research; Error Analysis (Language); Language Proficiency; Language Tests; Language Teachers; Phrase Structure; Writing Instruction; Form Classes (Languages); Taxonomy; Foreign Countries; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Fehlertyp; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Error analysis; Language; Fehleranalyse; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Language test; Sprachtest; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Phrasenstruktur; Schreibunterricht; Analytischer Sprachbau; Taxonomie; Ausland
Abstract	Writing is a complex skill and one of the most difficult to master. A teacher's weak writing skills may negatively influence their students. Therefore, reinforcing teacher education by first determining pre-service teachers' writing weaknesses is imperative. This mixed-methods error analysis study aims to examine the cohesive errors in the writing of English as a Second Language (ESL) pre-service teachers of differing language proficiency levels--Medium and High-level, as indicated by the band levels achieved in the Malaysian University English Test (MUET). 200-word narrative essays were collected from 30 final-year ESL pre-service teachers from UKM via email. The study found that the Medium-level pre-service teachers made the most errors in lexical cohesion, reference and conjunction cohesion categories. However, High-level pre-service teachers made more errors in lexical cohesion, ellipsis and reference. Collocation proved the most difficult form of cohesion for both groups of pre-service teachers, while High-level pre-service teachers made more errors in ellipsis than the Medium-level pre-service teachers. Nevertheless, this still indicates that the pre-service teachers' overall mastery of cohesive writing is insufficient. Therefore, the teaching of these cohesive devices should be further fortified in the linguistic courses undertaken by ESL pre-service teachers to ensure that they are well-equipped in all aspects of cohesive writing. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01