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标题：Using and Translating the Definite Article ‘The’/ ‘Al’ by Arab Learners of English as a Foreign Language
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作者：Dr.Gamal M A Abdullah ; Adeeb M H Thabet
期刊名称：International Journal of English and Education
印刷版ISSN：2278-4012
出版年度：2014
卷号：3
期号：4
出版社：Brahmaputra Publishing House
摘要：The present article investigates the difficulties that encounter the Arablearners of English as a foreign language, when using or translating sentences andphrases, which containing the definite article ‘the’/’al’. The subjects of the study arethird year students of English department at the Faculty of Education – Radfan,university of Aden (one of the recognized universities in the Arab World). The resultsobtained show that most of the students of the third level, English department, at theFaculty of Education-Radfan make errors when they translate the Arabic definitearticle in sentences into English. The study also reveals that most of the students are notfamiliar with the different usages of the English definite article and most of themspontaneously translate the Arabic definite article "al" into the English definite article"the" even if it is expressed by a zero article in English. Further, it has shown that thevast majority of the students' errors are due to the effect of their mother tongue(interference) on English and their unfamiliarity with the different situations in whichthe definite article is used or not in English.
关键词：Determiner; Definite article; Interference