Intralingual Errors in Iraqi EFL Learner's Writings

Abstract

The present study tries to indicate the sources of intralingual errors in Iraqi EFL learner's writings at the University of Basrah. When the educators recognize these sources or reasons, they can effortlessly assist their learners to overcome the difficulties in writing in English. The sample of this study consists of fifty-two students in the third year from the translation dept., College of Arts, University of Basrah. There are two hypotheses for this study: First, most learners fall in false concept hypothesized errors. Second, the learners have problems in using appropriate tense with context. The results of this study show that intralingual errors occur as a result of the difficulty of some syntactic structures in the English language.