Open AccessConcord Error Analysis Committed By 200 Level English University Students in Northern Nigeria
Author(s) -
Isah Abdulmumini
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of social science and economics invention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-6289
DOI - 10.23958/ijssei/vol04-i04/01
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , mathematics education , psychology , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , mathematics , geometry
This study seeks to investigate concord errors made by 200 level English students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) and Federal University Gusau (FUGUS) in their written production of English with a view to finding solutions to them. The data were obtained from fifty semester examination answer booklets written by students during first semester 2017 examination. The data collected were analysed using EA approach developed by Corder (1974). The findings of the study reveal that the errors can be grouped into ten categories out of which concord errors are the most committed by the students under study. Based on these findings, it is suggested that the teachers of English and the students should strive in handling such errors because English students are models of other students from other disciplines after graduation.