Abstract:
This study was conducted to help ascertain the grammatical errors students of Boa
Amponsem Senior High School commit in their writing, the sources of these errors and
how to remedy the problem. The researcher consulted various authorities who have written
on grammar errors. He adopted the case study research design for the study and used
sample population of four-hundred and forty (440) students who were randomly selected,
and all the twenty (20) English Language tutors of the school to help collect the data. He
also employed the research methods such as interviews, documents and observation to
collect the data. Major findings from the use of these methods included: agreement errors,
wrong use of tense (past/present, aspect, etc.), singular-plural errors, prepositional
errors, article errors and spelling errors. The findings also looked at the sources of the
grammar errors which were mother tongue transference, overgeneralization,
incomplete rule application. The findings suggested strategies that can be used to curb
this problem such as teachers’ and students’ exposure to English Language, differentiating
grammar in English from native language, error identification and correction, and adequate
time allocation for teaching grammar.
Description:
A Dissertation in the department of
Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Languages, submitted to the school of
Graduate Studies, in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of
Master of Education
Degree in Teaching English as Second Language in
the University of Education, Winneba
OCTOBER, 2020
