A Study of The Causes For EFL Students ' Difficulty To Produce The Final - S For The Simple Present Tense
A Study of The Causes For EFL Students ' Difficulty To Produce The Final - S For The Simple Present Tense
2007
Purpose
To explore the causes that lead students of English as a
foreign language to drop the final ~s for the simple present
tense when speaking spontaneously (in the classroom) if there
has been previous instruction on the rule.
Type of research
Analytic – Inductive.
Do intermediate students of
English as a foreign language
systematically produce the
final –s for the simple present
tense when speaking
spontaneously in class?
BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE
- Background knowledge of the learners;
- Attitudes towards the language;
- Perceptions of difficulty in learning
English.