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Use of single- vs. multi-word verbs in the written discourse of Iranian EFL learners
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Abstract Age is being evermore complained as an impediment to language competency, either given as a pretext or raised as a real challenge, taken for granted by foreign language learners. This study seeks to prod about the verb choices among EFL learners. In so doing, the two completely different radiuses of... view more
Age is being evermore complained as an impediment to language competency, either given as a pretext or raised as a real challenge, taken for granted by foreign language learners. This study seeks to prod about the verb choices among EFL learners. In so doing, the two completely different radiuses of EFL learners, a group of university students in distance education, with part-time class participation and another from a private language institute in Qom province were recruited and compared on their choices of verbs in respect of single- and multi-word forms put into the written tasks. The results of the rating of the students' assignments showed that adult Iranian EFL learners' written language was deprived of phrasal verbs, even in informal writing assigned the use of informal language were scarcely captured. The study corroborates the former studies for the avoidance and incompetency of EFL learners in the use of phrasal verbs.... view less
Keywords
learning; competence; age; foreign language; discourse; language
Classification
Science of Literature, Linguistics
Special areas of Education
Free Keywords
Verb; Präposition
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 85-92
Journal
International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (2016) 69
ISSN
2300-2697
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed