Error Analysis: Learning Articles and Prepositions among Secondary School Students in Pakistan

The present study was conducted to investigate the errors of Pakistani school students in

prepositions and articles. The main focus of the study was to analyse the errors of students in

articles and prepositions. The sample of the study was comprised of 100 randomly selected

students from government secondary schools of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. The instrument used in

the study was the essays written by 8th class students in their annual examination. The annual

examination papers in the subject of English of the sample population were collected from the

school record. The errors committed by the students in the use of preposition and articles were

identified and counted in frequencies while writing essays on different topics. The main findings

of the study were; Secondary school students faced more difficulties in learning prepositions as

compare to articles; Secondary school students faced more difficulties in learning prepositions of

time; Secondary school students were confused while using preposition in their writings;

Secondary school students faced more difficulties in learning indefinite articles and omit articles

in their writings.

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