Solati, Akhbar
(2011)
Sources And Patterns Of Spelling Errors In Language-Learners Language : An Investigation Of Persian Learners Of English.
PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
This study investigates the sources and patterns of spelling errors of Persian
English language learners. There are four major objectives. First, it attempts to determine
sources of interlingual errors in the spelling of Persian English language learners. Next, it
endeavors to determine sources of intralingual errors in the spelling of Persian English
language learners. Then, this study will establish patterns of interlingual errors in the
spelling of Persian English language learners. And finally, it will establish patterns of
intralingual errors in the spelling of Persian English language learners.
Forty Persian English language learners participated in this study. They have been
randomly selected from the total population of 200 Persian English language learners
who are studying in grade one of secondary education cycle in Daragaz, a city in
Khorasan Razavi state of Iran. The data was gathered using a word dictation test. To
achieve the objectives, the procedures utilized in this study for identification of spelling
errors were adopted from Corder (1974).
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