University Students' Avoidance Behavior in English Classes
Journal Title: International Journal of Langauges' Education and Teaching - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
This study focuses on the systematic avoidance of difficult expressions by learners of English to achieve error-free production. It is an attempt to reveal why this strategy is being so widely used and its negative effects on the overall L2 development. The frequency of relative clauses used by thirty-six B2 level undergraduate students in their graded essays was analyzed and compared with the frequency of relative clauses in their ungraded essays and in sample essays provided by essay-writing websites on the internet. Finally, a comprehensive grammar test on relative clauses was given to students to see how well they know relative clauses. The findings of the study were compared with the findings of earlier studies of other researchers on avoidance, and the contribution of error correction and evaluation system in English courses to the emergence of avoidance behavior was displayed.
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Ahmet Remzi ULUŞAN
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