An Analysis of Lexical Errors in the Writing of ESL Students: A Qualitative Study

Volume 20 No 9 (2022)

Dr. Dhanyamol C T

DOI: 10.14704/nq.2022.20.9.NQ44192

Abstract

This study aims at identifying the types of lexical errors produced by the ESL students in India. The sample of the study consists of thirty L2 learners enrolled in the Post-intermediate level programme in the Department of English, Thassim Beevi Abdul Kader College for Women, Kilakarai. The data was collected using questionnaires. The analysis of the data yielded four types lexical errors: Misspellings (2.76%), Morphological Errors (4.87%), Another Existent Word (15.52%) from English and Nonexistent Words in English (2.80%). This paper concludes with the pedagogical implications and future investigations

Keywords

Lexical Errors, English as a Second Language (ESL), Second Language (L2)

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