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Analysis of english spelling errors of Bangladeshi secondary school students

Author Affiliations

  • 1International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh

Res. J. Language and Literature Sci., Volume 10, Issue (2), Pages 17-21, May,19 (2023)

Abstract

The study investigates the English spelling errors committed by the Bengali learners of English of class nine who learn English as a compulsory subject at secondary school level of Bangladesh. Attempts were also made to find out the sources of errors. Data collection was conducted through essay writing and dictation processes. Through analyzing the samples, the errors were found out and categorized them into five groups. The findings suggest that the inconsistency between grapheme and phoneme relationship in English, the silent letters, the lacking of knowledge regarding spelling rules and the internalized spelling system of Bangla language are mainly responsible for English spelling errors of Bangladeshi school students. The educational implication based on the findings address how the knowledge related to spelling can assist language instructors in improving the instruction on spelling.

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