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Iraqi EFL University Learners' Use of Adjective Modifiers Order in English | ||
| Journal of University of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 735-744 | ||
| Author | ||
| Muneer Ali Khudhayer | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Modifiers in English are words or group of words which give future information about (''modify") other words or group of words (the head) (Richards et al.,1992:234). The problem arises from the state that most Iraqi EFL university students often face difficulty in using the order of adjective modifiers in English because there is no grammatical limit to the number of adjective modifiers in English and students do not have the mastery of the rules which govern the order of modifiers. In addition, the order of adjectives in Arabic is just the reverse of that used in English in that the head noun comes before the adjective in Arabic, for example the black cat (القطة السوداء). The study aims basically at: 1. Identifying the Iraqi EFL university students performance in using adjective modifiers order in English. 2. Finding out the causes of the students' error and types of such errors so that some solutions can be posited to help them overcome the problems they encounter in using adjective modifiers. 3. Introducing some suggestions which can help the student deal with the topic. | ||
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