English Through the Filter of the Mother Tongue in Economics Students’ Formal Writing
This study presents an analysis of a series of errors made in English by Romanian economics students, which are due to associations with the mother tongue. The study specifically dwells on formal misselection, misformations and distortions. 125 papers were used in the study, which were collected in...
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| author | Leonte Alina Istratie-Macarov Alexandra-Lavinia Vlad Loredana Gabriela |
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| description | This study presents an analysis of a series of errors made in English by Romanian economics students, which are due to associations with the mother tongue. The study specifically dwells on formal misselection, misformations and distortions. 125 papers were used in the study, which were collected in the academic year 2016/2017 from 59 first year finances and banking students, 26 third year marketing students and 40 first year management students. Finances and banking students wrote a report starting from a chart, marketing students wrote a cover letter, while management students wrote a business email. Different topics were provided in order not to limit the students’ vocabulary to one topic only. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d62b487b9d12438490dbe5a1fa54a34a2022-12-22T02:51:54ZengOvidius University PressOvidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series2393-31272393-31272017-01-01XVII2237242English Through the Filter of the Mother Tongue in Economics Students’ Formal WritingLeonte Alina0Istratie-Macarov Alexandra-Lavinia1Vlad Loredana Gabriela2“Ovidius” University of Constanta“Ovidius” University of ConstantaMihail Kogalniceanu” Theoretical High SchoolThis study presents an analysis of a series of errors made in English by Romanian economics students, which are due to associations with the mother tongue. The study specifically dwells on formal misselection, misformations and distortions. 125 papers were used in the study, which were collected in the academic year 2016/2017 from 59 first year finances and banking students, 26 third year marketing students and 40 first year management students. Finances and banking students wrote a report starting from a chart, marketing students wrote a cover letter, while management students wrote a business email. Different topics were provided in order not to limit the students’ vocabulary to one topic only.http://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/RO/2017-2/Section%20III/16.pdfformal misselectionmisformationsdistortionsESLmental lexicon |
| spellingShingle | Leonte Alina Istratie-Macarov Alexandra-Lavinia Vlad Loredana Gabriela English Through the Filter of the Mother Tongue in Economics Students’ Formal Writing Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series formal misselection misformations distortions ESL mental lexicon |
| title | English Through the Filter of the Mother Tongue in Economics Students’ Formal Writing |
| title_full | English Through the Filter of the Mother Tongue in Economics Students’ Formal Writing |
| title_fullStr | English Through the Filter of the Mother Tongue in Economics Students’ Formal Writing |
| title_full_unstemmed | English Through the Filter of the Mother Tongue in Economics Students’ Formal Writing |
| title_short | English Through the Filter of the Mother Tongue in Economics Students’ Formal Writing |
| title_sort | english through the filter of the mother tongue in economics students formal writing |
| topic | formal misselection misformations distortions ESL mental lexicon |
| url | http://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/RO/2017-2/Section%20III/16.pdf |
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