Error analysis on the Use of the passive voice

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2018
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University of Oum El Bouaghi
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This research aims at investigating second year LMD students' errors in the passive voice at in the Department of English at Larbi Ben M'hidi University .More precisely, It is about identifying the common errors when using the passive voice, in order to find out the causes behind performing such errors. We hypothesized that the errors made by EFL students are due to the lack of knowledge and understanding of the passive voice. In order to check our hypothesis, we used a descriptive analytical method, to describe students' errors and analyze the data obtained from the test which was given to a sample of 30 students. The findings show that the common errors made by students were under substitution type with (50%), then omission with (33.33%),and addition errors with (16.66%). Based on Brown's theory, it was interpreted that the intralingual errors with their two features the incomplete application of rules, and the ignorance of rule restriction are the causes of performing these errors in addition to the context of learning that might be a secondary cause.
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Error analysis, The passive voice
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