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

• Main Authors: Ariffin, Kamisah, Abd Wahab, Rahimah, Mohd Sahidol, Jun Nirlawati
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Performance. Competence. Academic achievement; Higher Education; Educational evaluation
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/38961/1/38961.PDF; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/38961/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

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...