Spanish pre-university students' use of English: CEA results from the University Entrance Examination

In this paper an updated overview of the main errors that Spanish students make when writing the English exam in the University Entrance Examination is provided. To do so, a Computer-aided Error Analysis (CEA) (Dagneaux, Denness & Granger, 1998) was conducted on a representative sample o...

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Main Author: María Belén Díez Bedmar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Murcia 2011-12-01
Series:International Journal of English Studies (IJES)
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Online Access:http://revistas.um.es/ijes/article/view/149681
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spelling doaj-de2bca247af84f7a9987e17a3bfc2ba02020-11-25T01:15:41ZengUniversidad de MurciaInternational Journal of English Studies (IJES)1578-70442011-12-0111214115810.6018/ijes.11.2.149681Spanish pre-university students' use of English: CEA results from the University Entrance ExaminationMaría Belén Díez BedmarIn this paper an updated overview of the main errors that Spanish students make when writing the English exam in the University Entrance Examination is provided. To do so, a Computer-aided Error Analysis (CEA) (Dagneaux, Denness &amp;amp; Granger, 1998) was conducted on a representative sample of the students who took the exam in June 2008 in Jaén, and wrote a composition on the same topic. The use of the most widely-used error taxonomy, the &lt;em&gt;Error Tagging Manual&lt;/em&gt; version 1.1. (Dagneaux, Denness, Granger &amp;amp; Meunier, 1996), and the analysis of the results by means of descriptive statistics foster the possibility to replicate this study and move forward in the description of the students’ written command in the foreign language at this stage. The comparison of the findings obtained in this study and those from previous (C)EAs on the English exam reveals that some common tendencies may be shown.<br>Este artículo aporta una visión general actualizada de los errores más importantes que los alumnos españoles cometen cuando escriben el examen de inglés de la Prueba de Acceso a la Universidad. Con este fin, se realizó un Análisis de Errores Informatizado (Dagneaux, Denness &amp;amp; Granger, 1998) en una muestra representativa de los estudiantes que realizaron el examen en Junio de 2008 en la Universidad de Jaén, y que escribieron sobre un mismo tema. El uso de la taxonomía de errores más usada, el &lt;em&gt;Error Tagging Manual&lt;/em&gt; version 1.1. (Dagneaux, Denness, Granger &amp;amp; Meunier, 1996), y de la estadística descriptiva para analizar los resultados, favorecen la réplica de este estudio y la posibilidad de mejorar la descripción de la destreza escrita en la lengua extranjera. La comparación de los resultados en este artículo y otros Análisis de Errores (Informatizados) previos muestran que se pueden exponer algunas tendencias comunes.http://revistas.um.es/ijes/article/view/149681English examUniversity Entrance ExaminationComputer-aided Error Analysis
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Spanish pre-university students' use of English: CEA results from the University Entrance Examination
International Journal of English Studies (IJES)
English exam
University Entrance Examination
Computer-aided Error Analysis
author_facet María Belén Díez Bedmar
author_sort María Belén Díez Bedmar
title Spanish pre-university students' use of English: CEA results from the University Entrance Examination
title_short Spanish pre-university students' use of English: CEA results from the University Entrance Examination
title_full Spanish pre-university students' use of English: CEA results from the University Entrance Examination
title_fullStr Spanish pre-university students' use of English: CEA results from the University Entrance Examination
title_full_unstemmed Spanish pre-university students' use of English: CEA results from the University Entrance Examination
title_sort spanish pre-university students' use of english: cea results from the university entrance examination
publisher Universidad de Murcia
series International Journal of English Studies (IJES)
issn 1578-7044
publishDate 2011-12-01
description In this paper an updated overview of the main errors that Spanish students make when writing the English exam in the University Entrance Examination is provided. To do so, a Computer-aided Error Analysis (CEA) (Dagneaux, Denness &amp;amp; Granger, 1998) was conducted on a representative sample of the students who took the exam in June 2008 in Jaén, and wrote a composition on the same topic. The use of the most widely-used error taxonomy, the &lt;em&gt;Error Tagging Manual&lt;/em&gt; version 1.1. (Dagneaux, Denness, Granger &amp;amp; Meunier, 1996), and the analysis of the results by means of descriptive statistics foster the possibility to replicate this study and move forward in the description of the students’ written command in the foreign language at this stage. The comparison of the findings obtained in this study and those from previous (C)EAs on the English exam reveals that some common tendencies may be shown.<br>Este artículo aporta una visión general actualizada de los errores más importantes que los alumnos españoles cometen cuando escriben el examen de inglés de la Prueba de Acceso a la Universidad. Con este fin, se realizó un Análisis de Errores Informatizado (Dagneaux, Denness &amp;amp; Granger, 1998) en una muestra representativa de los estudiantes que realizaron el examen en Junio de 2008 en la Universidad de Jaén, y que escribieron sobre un mismo tema. El uso de la taxonomía de errores más usada, el &lt;em&gt;Error Tagging Manual&lt;/em&gt; version 1.1. (Dagneaux, Denness, Granger &amp;amp; Meunier, 1996), y de la estadística descriptiva para analizar los resultados, favorecen la réplica de este estudio y la posibilidad de mejorar la descripción de la destreza escrita en la lengua extranjera. La comparación de los resultados en este artículo y otros Análisis de Errores (Informatizados) previos muestran que se pueden exponer algunas tendencias comunes.
topic English exam
University Entrance Examination
Computer-aided Error Analysis
url http://revistas.um.es/ijes/article/view/149681
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