Acquisition of grammatical aspect by Iranian EFL learners

Journal of Teaching English Lnaguage Studies

مقاله 5، دوره 2، شماره 1، آبان 2013، صفحه 75-86   

نویسنده

Nasim Shams^*

Islamic Azad University, Takestan Branch

چکیده

This study investigated the acquisition of grammatical aspect by Iranian EFL learners. The main question addressed in this study was whether Iranian EFL learners could distinguish conditions under which they must use either the perfective aspect  or imperfective aspect. A group of 110 adult, Persian-Speaking learners of English both at BA and MA levels Took a Michigan test based on which they were assigned to two levels of proficiency namely, low and high were selected. A test of Grammatical Aspect was then administered to detect the factors which affect their choice of perfective and imperfective aspects. The results showed that.

کلیدواژه‌ها

tense؛ Lexical aspect؛ Grammatical aspect؛ Perfective aspect؛ imperfective aspect

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