Abstract
This study focuses on the systematic avoidance of difficult expressions by learners of English to achieve error-free production. It is an attempt to reveal why this strategy is being so widely used and its negative effects on the overall L2 development. The frequency of relative clauses used by thirty-six B2 level undergraduate students in their graded essays was analyzed and compared with the frequency of relative clauses in their ungraded essays and in sample essays provided by essay-writing websites on the internet. Finally, a comprehensive grammar test on relative clauses was given to students to see how well they know relative clauses. The findings of the study were compared with the findings of earlier studies of other researchers on avoidance, and the contribution of error correction and evaluation system in English courses to the emergence of avoidance behavior was displayed.
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Abstract
References
- Brown, H. D. (2001). Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language Pedagogy. New York: Addition Wesley: Longman, Inc.
- Brown, H. D., and Lee, H. (2015). Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language pedagogy. (4th ed.). New York: Pearson Education
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- Ellis, R. (2008). The study of second language acquisition. (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
- Gass, S., Behney, J., and Plonsky, L. (2013). Second language acquisition: An introductory course. (4th ed.). New York: Routledge
- Horwitz, E. K. (1991). Preliminary evidence for the reliability and validity of a foreign anxiety scale. In Horwitz, E. K. and Young, D. J. (Eds.) Language Anxiety: From Theory and Research to Classroom Implications. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 37-39.
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Details
| Primary Language | English |
|---|---|
| Subjects | English As A Second Language, Language Studies (Other) |
| Journal Section | Research Article |
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| Publication Date | June 30, 2018 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 6 Issue: 2 |
