Due to the limited time as well as the scope of the study, this study has not covered all errors found in the test papers and every aspect of Vietnamese interference in the English language. In addition, this sudy just concentrates on words and stentence structrures.
Hence, more research needs implementing on the organization of ideas. Motivation, language proficiency or gender of the learners may also be used to find out the relationship between errors and their influential factors. Lexical errors and misspelling should be analyzed in detail to have better explanation for the cause.
Moreover, the emphasis of the researcher‟s study is on the interference of the L1, which hinders the L2 learning. What is the role of the MT in L2 acqusition? This question may suggest a research topic of great interest.
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APPENDIX 1: PART: WRITING OF THE FINAL TEST
Choose one of the following topics to write about (within 100 - 120 words) - write about your father’s or mother’s daily routine.
- write a description of a place (a city / a town / a village…) in Vietnam you know well.
- write short paragraphs about advantages and disadvantages of the mass media (Internet/computer/television/radio..).
- write about your most memorable thing in your life.
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APPENDIX 2: DETAILS OF ERROR CLASSIFICATION
Levels Categories of errors Types of errors from the test papers Examples of errors
Substance Misspellings Misspellings Many young people like listeninh to music on radio. (listening)
TEXT ERRORS
Lexical errors Lexical errors I always miss that event. (remember)
(morphology and syntax)
Verbs Subject-verb agreement He often go to work at 7:00 a.m every day. (goes)
Errors in the use of tenses When I was small, I often swim in the river alone. (swam) Infinitive “TO”omission We decided return home. (to return )
Omission of verbs Watching TV ỉ good or bad. (be)
Omission of past tense or past participle –ed Last summer, I spended my holidays in Sam Son (spent)
Nouns Omission of plural-s There are many good programme on the television. (programmes)
addition of plural-s Computers can keep large amounts of informations in a small space (information) Word order Word order of noun modifiers I was born in a village small beside a river.(a small village)
Articles Omission of articles There was ỉ blocked door.(a)
Addition and misuse of articles I don’t forget an event when I spent my holidays in Hue (the) Preposition Omission of prepositions ỉ the morning, my mother usually gets up early to prepare breakfast. (in)
Addition of prepositions Watching TV can benefit for us if we make good use of it.
Misuse of prepositions We sat under the shade of a big tree to take a short rest. (in)
Adverbs Word form They were dancing and singing happy. (happily)
Adjectives Word form My mother often goes to bed lately. (late)
Conjunctions Misuse of conjunctions Although internet has some bad effects, but more and more people use it.
Pronouns Incorrect of personal pronouns Television helps we to learn more about the world.(us) Omission of pronouns Watching TV can benefit us if we make good use of ỉ. (it) Missing possessive Hanoi is special because of ỉ historic features. (its)
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