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Murad, Mahmood Hasan Khalil Abstract This study is conducted as an attempt to examine the errors in English writings committed five stages of error analysis by Arab learners who live in Israel. These students were required to write an essay in English. The participants were 22 students, four males and 18 females. For error identifications and error analysis in english language teaching categorizations, the researchers developed, based on the Israeli matriculation (Bagrut), and on the literature (Ellis, 2004; Fries, 1974 and Robertson, 2000), a table of categories and subcategories. The findings of the current study reveal that the participants committed four types of errors in varying degrees, they are: Errors in content and organization, vocabulary, language use and mechanism. The most frequent error type is 'language
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use'. This type of errors consists of word order, negation, copula and auxiliary omission, subject-verb agreement and prepositions. The causes of these errors are attributed to interlingual factors, i.e. negative transfer of interference and overgeneralization, especially in cases of differences between English and Arabic (negative interference. In cases of similarities between L1 and L2 (positive transfer), errors are less frequent. Neither gender, nor age played an important role in this study. Finally the researcher recommended conducting another study to investigate the types of errors in speaking skill committed by Arab learners of English in Israel. Keywords errors; EFL; ELT; interference; overgeneralization Full Text: PDF References Abisamra, N. (2003). An analysis of error in Arabic speakers' English writings. American University of Beirut. Retrieved July20, 2014, from http://abisamra03tripod.com/nada/languageacq-erroranalysis.html. Al-Bauinain, H. (2007). Researching types and causes of errors in Arabic speakers' wrirings. In Madraj, S., Jindli, A. and Salami, A. (Eds). Research in ELT Context, pp, 195-224. Alkhresheh, M. (2010). Interlingual interference in the English language word order structure of Arab EFL learners. European Journal of Social Sciences, 16 (1). Pp, 106-113. Anker, W. (2000). Forum English teaching. October 2000. Vol. 38. No
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