An Investigation of Turkish Higher Education EFL Learners' Linguistic and Lexical Errors

The aim of the current study is to investigate Turkish EFL learners' linguistic and lexical errors and their causes. The participants were 30 second year English Language and Literature level students at Karabuk University, Turkey. The students were asked to write an essay about "The Quali...

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Main Authors: Ozkan Kirmizi (Author), Birten Karci (Author)
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Published: ÜNİVERSİTEPARK Limited, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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