“Error Analysis of EFL Students´ Academic Essay”

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dc.contributor.advisorRomero Palacios, Amparo de Jesús
dc.contributor.authorCaiza Lasluisa, Evelyn Dayana
dc.contributor.authorChiguano Llumipanta, Jessica Consuelo
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-24T14:37:50Z
dc.date.available2025-07-24T14:37:50Z
dc.date.issued2025-02
dc.description.abstractError analysis in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students' academic writing is an activity that provides valuable information about the challenges and errors they make in developing writing skills. This study aimed to analyze the errors of EFL students' academic essays. The qualitative-descriptive research method and the Surface Strategy Taxonomy (SST) by Dulay, Burt, and Krashen (1982) were used to analyze and classify the errors. The participants were 23 students of the Technical University of Cotopaxi in the first semester's Pedagogy Career of National and Foreign Languages English. As part of the academic essays, 23 descriptive essays of 200 words in simple present tense with the topic “A Day in My Life” were collected. From the information collected, 72 errors were identified, which were classified into 4 categories: Omission, addition, misformation, and misordering. The results showed 53 errors in the omission category, a total of 7 errors in the addition category, 1 error in the malformation category, and 10 errors in the misordering category. It is concluded that the students made more omission errors, mainly the omission of the subject. These errors may be the result of the interference of the first language (L1) in the acquisition of the second language (L2). This study will allow teachers to know the difficulties of students in the development of written skills, which will allow them to implement strategies such as writing workshops, feedback, and reading corners, and in turn, they will be able to design new strategies.
dc.format.extent59 páginas
dc.identifier.citationCaiza Lasluisa, Evelyn Dayana y Chiguano Llumipanta, Jessica Consuelo (2025); “Error Analysis of EFL Students´ Academic Essay”. UTC. Pujilí. 59 p.
dc.identifier.otherUTC-XPU-PINE-2025-013-TS
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.utc.edu.ec/handle/123456789/14549
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEcuador : Pujilí : Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi (UTC)
dc.subjectADICIÓN
dc.subjectERRORES
dc.subjectMAL FORMACIÒN
dc.title“Error Analysis of EFL Students´ Academic Essay”
dc.typeThesis
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