Volume 29, Issue 4, 2020
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.879
Analysing Common Errors in EFL Postgraduate Students in The Universities of Pakistan
Abstract
The study aims to investigate the English language (EL) learning issues at the university level in Pakistani institutions. It investigates the factors which are the root cause of common problems the students are facing such as anxiety, pronunciation, and fluency issues. Since they have been taught English for the past fifteen years of their educational career but they are not able to get command on English skills. One hundred students from different postgraduate institutions participated in completing the data through questionnaires and teachers were interviewed to find out the (EL) learning problems. The study uses a quantitative approach to analyse the responses of the students. These responses are collected by a devised questionnaire. The results show that students face a lot of problems i.e. lack of vocabulary, improper use of sentence structure, and hesitation in pronunciation. Based on findings, it is suggested that the grammar-translation method should be replaced with the communicative approach while teaching English as a foreign language in Pakistan
Keywords
Anxiety, Vocabulary, Teaching Techniques, EFL, Postgraduate Level