English-Speakers' Errors in Arabic as L2 Writing System: A Teacher Perspective
Alkadi, Hisham S. . 2018
Errors are significant in terms of understanding the acquisition, competence, difficulties, and development of L2 writing. Within the framework of second language writing system (L2WS), this study investigates teacher perspectives on Arabic writing errors made by English-speaking learners in L2 classes. The results suggest that numerous difficulties seem to face the English-speaking learner of L2WS Arabic, as mentioned by the interviewees, such as the move from a fairly dot-free system into a dot-full system. Nine categories emerged and described by the interviewees as the common writing errors; namely 1) letter shape including teeth and size; 2) direction, 3) dots, 4) phonological issues, 5) spelling issues, 6) letter connecting, 7) letter doubling, 8) letterforms, and 9) other errors. According to the interviewees, the reasons of making these errors in such a context are mixture of phonological differences; orthographic differences, spelling error causes; and other reasons. Several suggestions also were voiced by the interviewees in order to develop the teaching methods of Arabic as L2WS.
The research involving Arabic Writing System (WS) is quite limited. Yet, researching writing errors of L2WS Arabic against a certain L1WS seems to be relatively neglected. This study attempts to…
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