ENG 218 “Term project” University Of Jeddah

Student name: Fawzia Alsulami 25 October , 2022

Profile of an ESL Learner

Subject profile:

Name: Aisha Alsulami

Age: 26

Marital Status: Single.

Country of Residence: Saudi Arabia.

First Language: Arabic.

Education: Bachelor's and master’s degrees

in Mathematics from Princess Nourah Bint

Abdul Rahman University Riyadh , Saudi Arabia.

L2 Education: she studied the Mathematics in Southern Illinois

University in Carbondale township,IL , USA.

L2 Education in foreign country: She studied at Carbondale, IL

English as a second language (ESL) classes.

English classes teach writing, listening, speaking, and reading skills that

are critical in learning the English language.

Length of studying English abroad: She had been studying English for

five months.
 Quantitive Analysis:

Type of error Number Description

Error/
total

Word choice
2 * When I was an under study, I majored in Mathematics.
Aisha chose this particular word because she felt it was correct.
Alternative may not be so obvious to non native speakers.

Article * worry kills more the men than work. Put the article 'the'
4 * worry kills more men than work.

Preposition * what reason did she come here for?

1 Aisha ending a sentence in a preposition.

Verb tense * I was on the way to university. Suddenly the sky turns dark.
6 Most verbs in present tense instead of past tense.