Abstract
This paper aims at investigating errors in the use of English verb in the written essays of 72 Pakistani EFL learners enrolled at University of Balochistan Quetta, Pakistan. The study examines errors pertain to Dulay, Burt and Krashen (1982) Surface Strategy Taxonomy which comprises of addition errors, omission errors, misformation errors and misordering errors. Learners’ errors are quantitatively analyzed in order to determine the most frequent type of errors because it was observed that learners had problems in the usage of verb, its types and the bound morphemes related to verb. The present study also aims to alert the attentions of the teaching staff to focus EFL university level learners’ troubles in the use of verb so that they may acquire the art of composing error free essays. The paper also pinpoints some workable suggestions for solving the aforesaid issue.
Muhammad Amin 1. (2016) Errors in the Usage of Verbs in English Composition: A Case Study of Pakistani EFL Learners, Balochistan Review, Volume 1, Issue 1.
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