Date of Award

1-1-2001

Thesis Type

Masters

Document Type

Thesis

Divisions

Faculty of Languages and Linguistics

Department

-

Institution

Universiti Malaya

Abstract

The personal pronouns represent a very important aspect of the Malay Language. The use of personal pronouns. varies according to the social structure and situations. Many Remove Class students from the Chinese vernacular schools find it hard to converse und write in good Malay. This is particularly evident in their use of the personal pronouns. This research was carried out using the error analysis approach. The subjects are 30 Remove Class Chinese students. The data were collected from 60 essays and a test which comprised of 25 multiple choice questions and 5 translation questions. The errors in the essays were classified into 4 types. These were errors or selection. misordering, omission and addition. From the data gathered, it was found that most of the subject had not mastered in the use of Malay personal pronouns. There were 110 errors found in the essays. The score achieved in the test was between 34% and 77%. This study clearly reflects the problems faced by Chinese vernacular students in the learning of the Malay Language as a second language.

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Dissertation (M.A) -- Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, 2000.

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