The Acquisition of the English Plural Morphemes by Arabic-Speaking EFL Learners
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This research paper analyzes the extent to which Arabic-speaking EFL learners are aware of the English plural morphemes and whether they are able to recognize them in context. The study also investigates whether the participants’ English proficiency level may play a role in their ability to recognize these morphemes. For the purpose of the study, we designed a Grammaticality Judgment Task (GJT), which was by sixty students from Al Ain University of Science and Technology, Al Ain, The United Arab Emirates (UAE), to elicit data. The sentences used in the test were adapted and modified from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) in order to suit the students’ English proficiency level. The results revealed that there is a little awareness of the English plural morphemes among Arabic-speaking EFL learners. In addition, the participants’ English proficiency level had a little effect on the participants’ use of English plural morphemes. Finally, the paper concluded with some pedagogical implications and recommendations for further research.
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- Authors
- M. Altarawneh, S., & H. Hajjo, M.
- Venue
- International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies
- Published
- 2018-04-30
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 34
- ISSN
- 2202-9478 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2807954736
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- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1
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- 1.42
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Locations
- International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Linguistics and Language Analysis
- Keywords
- morphological awareness, morpheme recognition, English proficiency levels, second language acquisition, English as a foreign language
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