| dc.description.abstract | The present study is mainly concerned with the investigation of the influence of spoken
grammar on third year students’ writings at the Department of English at Mouloud
Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou. It attempts to identify the extent to which these students
are influenced by their oral language. As for the analytic categories of the study, they are
borrowed from two theories put forward by McCarthy, (1998), The Criteria of Spoken
Grammar and Pit Corder, 1967, cited in David Crystal (2003), Error Analysis. A mixedmethod
approach is adopted, combining quantitative and qualitative procedures for data
gathering and data analysis. In terms of data collection, the study takes a sample of a
textual corpus made up of fifty third year examination papers, the module of reading and
writing. In addition, the research work relies on a structured interview conducted with ten
third year students. To analyze the data collected, we use the statistical method and SPSS
computer software to process the quantitative data and Qualitative Content Analysis (QCA)
for the analysis and interpretation of the qualitative data. The findings of our study indicate
that third year students, at the Department of English at MMUTO, are to some extent
affected by spoken grammar. The results reveal that the features of spoken grammar are
partially present in students’ writing. The research work includes with a classification of
errors made by learners into spoken grammar errors and general errors. | en |
