An Error Analysis of Persian–Kurdish Bilingual Learners in Using English Articles and investigating the effect of Flipped Learning on their performance: A Mental Spaces Approach

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Elham Sobati ¹

Zahra Mowlaei ²

tahereh afshar ³

Mehdi Omidi ⁴

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of English Language, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran

² M.A. graduate, Department of English Language, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran

³ Associate Professor, Department of English Language, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran

⁴ Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics‎, ‎Ilam University‎, ‎Ilam‎, ‎Iran

https://doi.org/10.22067/lts.2024.86539.1239

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the types of errors Persian–Kurdish bilingual learners make when using articles in the English language and investigate the effect of flipped learning on their performance based on the theory of mental spaces. This study focused on the types of errors produced by 92 bilingual Kurdish-Persian female students aged 12 to 15 and 32 female students aged 18 to 21 in the fields of psychology and accounting. The research method in this study was descriptive-analytical and the data were collected through a close-ended questionnaire. The findings showed that the frequency of errors resulting from the inappropriate use of articles was higher than the frequency of errors resulting from not using them among language learners. Also, the results of this study showed that teachers can use this approach to teach learners about the mental spaces of the English language through articles and to create sustainable learning. In addition, the implementation of the flipped learning strategy among language learners has increased communication among them and also caused interaction between teachers and language learners. Using flipped learning encouraged language learners to be more active and improve their learning by creating a competitive environment.

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Keywords

Articles

Error

Mental Spaces

Persian–Kurdish

Bilingual

Subjects

• Language Education

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