Capter 1
Capter 1
Capter 1
Submitted by
Supervised by
TAREK KSEIBAT
Spring 2024
DEDICATION
Acknowledgments
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, we begin by
expressing our
deepest gratitude and thanks to Allah for His infinite blessings, guidance,
and unwavering support throughout this journey.
We would like to express our sincere appreciation to our supervisor, Mr.
Tarek Ksibat for his unwavering support and guidance throughout this
research project. his expertise, patience, and encouragement have been
instrumental in shaping the direction of our work. hes constructive
feedback has helped us navigate challenges and improve the quality of
our research.
We are immensely grateful to our classmates and friends for their
continuous support, collaboration, and company. Your encouragement
and shared experiences have been invaluable in overcoming challenges
and achieving our goals. We would like to extend our appreciation to the
participants who generously devoted their time and shared their insights
for the research element of our project.
Finally, we want to express our deepest gratitude to our families and
loved ones for their unwavering belief in us and their constant
encouragement. Your love, understanding, and patience have been our
pillars of strength throughout this journey. To all those mentioned above,
we extend our heartfelt appreciation for your collective contributions and
support. This graduation project would not have been possible. without
your unwavering assistance and belief in our abilities. Thank you.
Abstract
The aim of this study is to detect and describe the errors libyan students
commit when using the past simple tense and the present perfect simple
tense. The study also has a special interest in discovering the sources of
errors committed by the subjects of the study in this area. To achieve its
goal the study adopts a descriptive qualitative approach
The test sentences were designed to find out whether the subjects could
distinguish the past simple tense from the present perfect simple tense.
And to further serve the purpose of the study The test sentences were also
divided into those containing adverbials that give students clues to decide
the correct tenses and those that lack any overt clues
The results of the study showed that the students errors in using the past
simple tense and the present perfect simple tense can be attributed to
three sources;
Interlingual, Intralingual and Context of learning. Context of learning
errors were found to be the largest group in number. The next largest
groups of errors can be successively attributed to Intralingual and
Interlingual factors