QUESTION FORMATION ERRORS AMONG EFL LEARNERS AT SOHAR UNIVERSITY: FREQUENCY, TYPES, AND L1 INTERFERENCE

Abdullah Almaqbali; Malek Ibrahim Mohammed Al. Omari

doi:10.5281/zenodo.18032810

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QUESTION FORMATION ERRORS AMONG EFL LEARNERS AT SOHAR UNIVERSITY: FREQUENCY, TYPES, AND L1 INTERFERENCE

Abstract

The cultural requirements of students as well as the specific language in a variety of regions should be studied to create suitable material and a curriculum which best suits the specific needs of the learners. This study attempts to explore the reasons behind the difficulties that Omani students face in forming English questions and provides some to improve learning and teaching English question formation. Two research tools have been used, which are quantitative and qualitative. The results of the data collection show that the most common types of errors produced by learners while trying to ask questions are in the Auxiliary omission and auxiliary replacement. The researcher then tried to figure out the possible reasons behind such errors and how the students utilize L1 to produce L2 in questions formation. The results of this study serve both teachers (particularly foreign teacher who are non-Arabic speaker) and students who learn English as a foreign language. Such studies will raise Omani students' awareness of the difficulties in mastering the structures of English questions. Hopefully it will help to identify suitable solutions to reduce learners' repeated occurrence of common mistakes

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

English As A Second Language , Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Abdullah Almaqbali ^*
Oman

Malek Ibrahim Mohammed Al. Omari
Oman

Early Pub Date

December 23, 2025

Publication Date

January 13, 2026

Submission Date

November 20, 2025

Acceptance Date

December 15, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Number: 33

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18032810

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA73JN36GP

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Almaqbali A, Al. Omari MIM (January 1, 2026) QUESTION FORMATION ERRORS AMONG EFL LEARNERS AT SOHAR UNIVERSITY: FREQUENCY, TYPES, AND L1 INTERFERENCE. IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences 33 45–54.