An Analysis of Prepositions Errors Committed by Students from Different Ethnic Groups

Abstract

This research entitled “An Analysis of Errors Committed by Students of Different Ethnic Groups” is an attempt to find out the errors made by different ethnic groups in grammatical item i.e. prepositions. The researcher has tried to compare the errors among five ethnic groups and point out some pedagogical implications. The sample population consisted of hundred students studying in class nine of Kathmandu district. Five public schools were randomly selected. Twenty students from each of the selected schools were randomly chosen for the sake of data collection. The tool for the study consisted of three-test items (see Appendix I). He collected related books to errors analysis. The major findings of the study were; the Chhetri students committed the highest number of errors and Hill-Brahmin students committed the lowest number of errors. This thesis contains four chapters. Chapter one deals with the introduction. It consists of general background, the English language and its significance in Nepalese education, ethnicity, ethnicity in Nepal, error analysis, steps of EA, review of related literature, objectives and significance of the study. Chapter two describes the methodology applied in order to carry out research. Both primary and secondary sources of data were used in the research .The study was limited only to one portion of grammar i.e. prepositions. Chapter three consists of analysis and interpretation of data and chapter four presents the summary of findings and recommendations of the study.