Analysis of Reference Cohesion Errors in Students’ Compositions: A Case of the Department of English at Mouloud Mammeri University
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2014
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Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou
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This study is an attempt to analyze the reference cohesion errors students made in their
writings. It seeks to identify the errors, classify them and then identify the causes of these
errors. To achieve the aim of this study, it is based on analyzing one hundred
argumentative essays written by third year LMD students of the department of English at
Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi Ouzou, during the academic year 2013/2014.In
doing so reference is made to Halliday and Hasan’s (1976) classification of cohesive
devices with a particular reference to error analysis approach. The results of the study
showed that 185 reference errors were made in the writing pieces, which are divided into
four categories, namely, misuse of reference cohesive devises, omission of reference
cohesive devices, superfluous use of reference cohesive devices and overuse of reference
cohesive devices. The results showed that third year English students at the university of
Tizi Ouzou commit reference cohesive errors, which are due to an intralingual factor.
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51p.;30cm.(+cd)
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Language and Communication