Production of interrogatives with “what” plus a noun by university studentsi

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  • 大学生による“what”＋名詞疑問文の生成
  • Production of interrogatives with "what" plus a noun by university students
  • 大学生による“what”＋名詞疑問文の生成

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When they ask a question, university students who are beginner to pre-intermediate English learners often keep apart “what” and the noun that should follow right after it. For example, some ask *“What do you like sports?” Therefore, we examined how many students make this kind of error and whether the percentage of students who do not understand how to form this type of question differs from when speaking to writing. We found that 25-40% of the students in speaking and 15-25% of them in writing kept “what” and a noun apart. Consequently, English teachers need to emphasize that “what” and a noun should not be kept apart when forming this type of interrogatives and they should be vigilant for errors made by students and correct them immediately. Moreover, teachers have to put their efforts on helping their students acquire a good command of basic English.

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