Analysing language errors in final examination papers in Universiti Teknologi MARA / Kamisah Ariffin, Rahimah Abd Wahab and Jun Nirlawati Mohd Sahidol

Studies on errors in examination papers have been scarce. Perhaps, this is due to the assumption that examination papers would have gone through a stringent series of editing and proofreading before they can be approved. However, the occurrence of language related errors such as lexical and syntac...

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Main Authors: Ariffin, Kamisah, Abd Wahab, Rahimah, Mohd Sahidol, Jun Nirlawati
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Published: 2011
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spelling my.uitm.ir.389612021-02-11T07:58:33Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/38961/ Analysing language errors in final examination papers in Universiti Teknologi MARA / Kamisah Ariffin, Rahimah Abd Wahab and Jun Nirlawati Mohd Sahidol Ariffin, Kamisah Abd Wahab, Rahimah Mohd Sahidol, Jun Nirlawati Performance. Competence. Academic achievement Higher Education Educational evaluation Studies on errors in examination papers have been scarce. Perhaps, this is due to the assumption that examination papers would have gone through a stringent series of editing and proofreading before they can be approved. However, the occurrence of language related errors such as lexical and syntactical errors in some of the final examination papers in Universiti Teknologi MARA has shown that such assumption is wide off the mark. The analysis of the present study shows that language errors were found extensively in the final examination papers examined. From the total of 916 papers from 22 faculties, 465 were found to contain language errors ranging from punctuation to sentence structure. The findings of this study have raised some legitimate concerns for the quality improvement of the final examination papers in UiTM. Some recommendations are put forward that require concerted efforts from the test setters themselves and the university’s examination unit in ensuring that examination papers are free from language errors. 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/38961/1/38961.PDF Ariffin, Kamisah and Abd Wahab, Rahimah and Mohd Sahidol, Jun Nirlawati (2011) Analysing language errors in final examination papers in Universiti Teknologi MARA / Kamisah Ariffin, Rahimah Abd Wahab and Jun Nirlawati Mohd Sahidol. In: Prosiding KONAKA Konferensi Akademik 2011, 6-7 Disember 2011, Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang.
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topic Performance. Competence. Academic achievement
Higher Education
Educational evaluation
spellingShingle Performance. Competence. Academic achievement
Higher Education
Educational evaluation
Ariffin, Kamisah
Abd Wahab, Rahimah
Mohd Sahidol, Jun Nirlawati
Analysing language errors in final examination papers in Universiti Teknologi MARA / Kamisah Ariffin, Rahimah Abd Wahab and Jun Nirlawati Mohd Sahidol
description Studies on errors in examination papers have been scarce. Perhaps, this is due to the assumption that examination papers would have gone through a stringent series of editing and proofreading before they can be approved. However, the occurrence of language related errors such as lexical and syntactical errors in some of the final examination papers in Universiti Teknologi MARA has shown that such assumption is wide off the mark. The analysis of the present study shows that language errors were found extensively in the final examination papers examined. From the total of 916 papers from 22 faculties, 465 were found to contain language errors ranging from punctuation to sentence structure. The findings of this study have raised some legitimate concerns for the quality improvement of the final examination papers in UiTM. Some recommendations are put forward that require concerted efforts from the test setters themselves and the university’s examination unit in ensuring that examination papers are free from language errors.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ariffin, Kamisah
Abd Wahab, Rahimah
Mohd Sahidol, Jun Nirlawati
author_facet Ariffin, Kamisah
Abd Wahab, Rahimah
Mohd Sahidol, Jun Nirlawati
author_sort Ariffin, Kamisah
title Analysing language errors in final examination papers in Universiti Teknologi MARA / Kamisah Ariffin, Rahimah Abd Wahab and Jun Nirlawati Mohd Sahidol
title_short Analysing language errors in final examination papers in Universiti Teknologi MARA / Kamisah Ariffin, Rahimah Abd Wahab and Jun Nirlawati Mohd Sahidol
title_full Analysing language errors in final examination papers in Universiti Teknologi MARA / Kamisah Ariffin, Rahimah Abd Wahab and Jun Nirlawati Mohd Sahidol
title_fullStr Analysing language errors in final examination papers in Universiti Teknologi MARA / Kamisah Ariffin, Rahimah Abd Wahab and Jun Nirlawati Mohd Sahidol
title_full_unstemmed Analysing language errors in final examination papers in Universiti Teknologi MARA / Kamisah Ariffin, Rahimah Abd Wahab and Jun Nirlawati Mohd Sahidol
title_sort analysing language errors in final examination papers in universiti teknologi mara / kamisah ariffin, rahimah abd wahab and jun nirlawati mohd sahidol
publishDate 2011
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