Abstract
This study investigates the syntactic errors committed by Arab learners in a college in Oman. This research is a mixed-method design, which contains quantitative and qualitative procedures. Research and Development (R&D) methodology was applied to propose a new self-learning kit that might help in minimizing or solving these errors and switch the learner from a dependent learnerto become an autonomous learner. This methodology was adopted by Gall, Gall and Borg (2003) by following some steps starting with the need analysis step, followed by determining the learning objectives and proposing the new learning material. Then, it is followed by testing its validity and reliability and finally using ANOVA to test its effect on the students’ performance. The sample contained 70 previous final examinations in the need analysis process, 30 student in the validity process and 50 students in the last step of testing the students’ performance. The researcher chose a convenient sample technique.
Highlights
In the twenty-first century, there are many common spoken languages in the world, and English has become one of the most important languages to be learned in the world, especially in the Arab countries
Communicative English is essential for the language learners, because the spoken sentences are the outputs of the learning process
Table 3shows the ranking in an average of the syntactic errors of both the teachers‟ perceptions and the students‟ errors ranking of the same types of errors
Summary
This study aims: 1- to determine the syntactic problems faced by Omani learners in learning English. 2- to propose a new Self-learning Kit that can be used to improve the students‟ level of performance. 4- to analyze the performance of the students after using the new Self-learning Kit
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