Errors with Arab Students When Learning Derivation and Inflection

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Rustaq College of Applied Sciences Department of English Language & Literature (Dell) Error Recognition & Correction Course Code: ENSP 3228 An Assignment on: Inflection & Derivation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the Requirement of the Error Recognition & Correction Course Prepared By: 1- Mustafa al- hinai 2- Waleed al-qarshobi Submitted to: Ms. Nisreen Karhili 2013-2014 Word Count: 1634 Words Introduction: Nowadays, many students have difficulties in terms of inflectional affixes and derivational one. Before discussing the errors or mistakes the students commit, it is better to start by defining these two concepts. Firstly, the derivation, we can say that derivation: is the process of forming new word by combining the root which is the basic meaningful unit in English with the affixes, so for example the word (help), it seems clearly that this word is in the basic or smaller situation, therefor we cannot divide it into smaller unit, the word (nation) can be a new word by adding for example the affixes (al), we will have the new word (national). Regarding the inflection: it is the process of combining a root with an affix to indicate the grammatical categories, we mean by grammatical categories the number or the tense …etc. For example the word (help), again by adding the affixes (ed) to make the past tense, we will have helped. We believe that the students get confused when differentiating and choosing the correct affix to be added to the root, for example to make the negation or opposition. Even though most of students not only Omani students make this error but it is a concerning field. Types of mistakes ( Derivation): As we mentioned before most of the errors are made by the Arab learner and even Omani one are due to choosing the correct affix to form the negation or opposition, so they rather use inkind or inhuppy

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