A Corpus Based Study on the Use of Preposition of Time "On" and "At" in Argumentative Essays of Form 4 and Form 5 Malaysian Students

Autor/inn/en	Loke, Darina Lokeman; Ali, Juliana; Anthony, Norin Norain Zulkifli
Titel	A Corpus Based Study on the Use of Preposition of Time "On" and "At" in Argumentative Essays of Form 4 and Form 5 Malaysian Students
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 6 (2013) 9, S.128-135 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Computational Linguistics; Teaching Methods; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Essays; Persuasive Discourse; Discourse Analysis; Error Patterns; Form Classes (Languages); Secondary School Students; Language Patterns; Error Analysis (Language); Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Diskursanalyse; Fehlertyp; Analytischer Sprachbau; Sekundarschüler; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Error analysis; Language; Fehleranalyse
Abstract	This article presents a corpus-based investigation on English prepositions of time presented in the argumentative essays of Form 4 and Form 5 Malaysian secondary students in the MCSAW corpus. The aims were to find out the distribution patterns and the common errors in the use of preposition of time, "on" and "at". This corpus based study investigated the distribution patterns of on and at in an argumentative type of essay. Furthermore, this study also highlighted some common errors found in the use of these preposition of time and prepare some possible explanations for the errors. Last but not least, the result of this study can provide suggestions on the teaching of preposition of time on and at and also the use of MCSAW Corpus for future studies. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01