Arab Efl Learners’ Acquisition of Verbs of Senses
This study attempts to explore the difficulties that Arab EFL learners of English encounter in the use of five verbs of senses when used as copulas, main verbs, main verbs with a metaphorical use, and as parts of idioms. A questionnaire consisting of three parts was specially designed to elicit the...
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| author | Saeed Aziz Thabit Fareh Shehdeh |
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| description | This study attempts to explore the difficulties that Arab EFL learners of English encounter in the use of five verbs of senses when used as copulas, main verbs, main verbs with a metaphorical use, and as parts of idioms. A questionnaire consisting of three parts was specially designed to elicit the necessary data for this study at the levels of recognition and production. The subjects of the study were 30 randomly selected senior English major university students. The results of the study show that the students encountered tangible difficulties in using the five target verbs. A hierarchy of difficulty was established and the main causes of the problem were identified. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e018b05626c549bc9ccca7178d77fc6b2022-12-21T21:49:27ZengSciendoStudia Anglica Posnaniensia0081-62722012-04-0147132410.2478/v10121-010-0017-2Arab Efl Learners’ Acquisition of Verbs of SensesSaeed Aziz Thabit0Fareh Shehdeh1University of SharjahUniversity of SharjahThis study attempts to explore the difficulties that Arab EFL learners of English encounter in the use of five verbs of senses when used as copulas, main verbs, main verbs with a metaphorical use, and as parts of idioms. A questionnaire consisting of three parts was specially designed to elicit the necessary data for this study at the levels of recognition and production. The subjects of the study were 30 randomly selected senior English major university students. The results of the study show that the students encountered tangible difficulties in using the five target verbs. A hierarchy of difficulty was established and the main causes of the problem were identified.https://doi.org/10.2478/v10121-010-0017-2 |
| spellingShingle | Saeed Aziz Thabit Fareh Shehdeh Arab Efl Learners’ Acquisition of Verbs of Senses Studia Anglica Posnaniensia |
| title | Arab Efl Learners’ Acquisition of Verbs of Senses |
| title_full | Arab Efl Learners’ Acquisition of Verbs of Senses |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Arab Efl Learners’ Acquisition of Verbs of Senses |
| title_short | Arab Efl Learners’ Acquisition of Verbs of Senses |
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