Errors Committed in the use of Verbs in free Writing

Abstract

The present study entitled'Errors Committed in the Use of Verbs in Free Writing' is an attempt to determine and analyze the performance an errors committed in the use of verbs in free writing by students of grade 10. To carryout this research, 40 students (10 from each school) studying in four community schools in Dolakha district were selected randomly. For collecting data, a test consisting of three essays was administered to the students. The students were intended to write some paragraphs on the given topics. In freewriting of the students only the use of verbs was analyzed. Accordingly, the findings were derived from their writing.From the data analysis and interpretation, it was found that students commit the highest number of errors in subject verb agreement in their writing. Likewise, the errors were found in omission of Be verb, spelling of verb, unnecessary use of verb, tense, verb form, omission of Have verb and use of verbs in Nepali language like SOV pattern. This thesis consists of five chapters. First introductory part includes general background,i.e. overview on English Language Education, grammar and error analysis. This chapter also deals with statement of problems, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of study, delimitations of study and operational definitions of key terms. The second chapter consists of review of related theoretical and empirical literature, implications of the study and conceptual framework. Likewise, the third chapter is related with methodology which includes design and method of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, data collection tools and techniques, study area/fields, data collection procedure and data analysis and interpretations imilarly chapter four consists of analysis and interpretations of results and summary /discussion of findings. Finally, the fifth or last chapter deals with conclusion and recommendations of the study followed by references and appendices.