Syntactic avoidance in the oral production of Arab EFL learners / Tariq Monther Abed Al Hameed Al Damen

• Main Author: Al Damen, Tariq Monther Abed Al Hameed
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: L Education (General); LB Theory and practice of education
• Online Access: http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5667/1/1_Cover_page_of_thesis.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5667/3/TAREQ3_PhD_Thesis2_JAN25EDITED[1].pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5667/2/2_Original_authorship.pdf; http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5667/

This study investigated syntactic avoidance employed in the oral production of Arab EFL learners, addressing two research questions: (a) how does syntactic knowledge or the lack of it affect Arab EFL learners’ choice in producing or avoiding particular syntactic structures? (b) How and why do Arab l...