Анализ на грешки при използването на членове в английски език от гръцки ученици: контрастивен подход
Error Analysis of English article usage by Greek students: A contrastive approach

Author(s): Hristina Terzopulos
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning
Published by: ЮГОЗАПАДЕН УНИВЕРСИТЕТ »НЕОФИТ РИЛСКИ«
Keywords: Articles; definiteness; interference, transfer; contrastive analysis; error analysis
Summary/Abstract: The acquisition of the English article system has been proved to be difficult for second language learners and one of the last to be fully mastered (Master, 1987). Despite the abundance of studies on article use by learners with different linguistic backgrounds, little research has been conducted with Greek learners of English as a foreign language. The research presented in this article attempts through a contrastive analysis of article usage in English and Modern Greek, to examine errors made by Greek students learning English as a foreign language and to detect whether these errors can be traced back to L1 transfer. For the purpose of the study 67 Greek Junior High School students learning English as a foreign language both at school and privately were tested using a multi-task force elicitation test. The results supported the initial hypotheses: students’ performance was affected by L1 transfer in cases where there are differences in article usage between the two languages.

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