Error analysis preparatory class students in the use of English grammetical prepositions and non-li teral phrasal verbs at the university of Gaziantep

This study was carried out to analyze the sources of major errors in the use of English grammatical prepositions and non-literal phrasal verbs committed by the students in Foreign Language Learning in preparatory section at the University of Gaziantep. This study also aims at assessing whether or not preparatory class students avoid using English grammatical prepositions and non-literal phrasal verbs. The subjects were a hundred thirty four students who were randomly selected from fifteen classrooms. Data on the perception of errors were gathered through three types of exercises which were multiple- choice, fill-in-the-blank and translation exercises. A descriptive study was conducted to investigate the major errors and the percentages of the results have been illustrated in the tables. In this study findings have indicated that a) the major errors in the use of the grammatical prepositions and phrasal verbs that the preparatory class students committed; b) the sources of errors; c) the students at the University of Gaziantep avoid using English grammatical prepositions and non-literal phrasal verbs; and d) avoidance behaviour of the subjects is not only due to the native language interference but also due to some other affective variables which could be determined with the information obtained in this study.