TYPICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH ENGLISH PREPOSITIONS FOR SERBIAN LEARNERS
TYPICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH ENGLISH PREPOSITIONS FOR SERBIAN LEARNERS

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to raise the awareness of typical difficulties Serbian learners have with prepositions in English and to recommend possible methodological solutions. The research was done on the first year students of Faculty of Pharmacy at the European University. Students were mixed level learners of English whose native language is Serbian. At the beginning, causes of difficulties with prepositions were analyzed. As a research method students were tested and grammatical approach was used in error correction. Furthermore, students’ common errors were discussed. In most cases, errors occurred due to the inter-lingual transfer. Based on this data and the author’s extensive teaching experience, areas of common difficulties were determined. At the end, effective teaching techniques and activities were proposed to help students improve in these areas.

• Details
• Contents