Lexical Analysis; A study of Essays at Secondary Level of Grade 8th
The study was carried out to identify the words used by students in their essay writing at the Secondary level. The following study has carried out Lexical analysis in student's essays and aimed to find out lexical differences between the essays of government and private school students.To collect data, a quantitative method was used. Two schools were selected and thirty essays were collected from the students of the eighth class. The study showed that the students have used nouns more frequently both by government and private school students. The students of government are short of vocabulary as they rely on memorization. While private school students use appropriate words in their essays and have a rich vocabulary. The researcher recommends that the teacher should assess the students in terms of their creativity, the teacher should encourage the students towards creative writing, and develop their vocabulary.
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Lexical Analysis, Essays, Students
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(1) Mahnoor Ahmad
M.phil Scholar, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Sumaira Rauf
M.phil Scholar, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Sayeda Faryal
M.phil Scholar, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Ahmad, M., Rauf, S., & Faryal, S. (2023). Lexical Analysis; A study of Essays at Secondary Level of Grade 8th. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII(III), 28-38. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-III).04
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CHICAGO : Ahmad, Mahnoor, Sumaira Rauf, and Sayeda Faryal. 2023. "Lexical Analysis; A study of Essays at Secondary Level of Grade 8th." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (III): 28-38 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-III).04
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HARVARD : AHMAD, M., RAUF, S. & FARYAL, S. 2023. Lexical Analysis; A study of Essays at Secondary Level of Grade 8th. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII, 28-38.
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MHRA : Ahmad, Mahnoor, Sumaira Rauf, and Sayeda Faryal. 2023. "Lexical Analysis; A study of Essays at Secondary Level of Grade 8th." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII: 28-38
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MLA : Ahmad, Mahnoor, Sumaira Rauf, and Sayeda Faryal. "Lexical Analysis; A study of Essays at Secondary Level of Grade 8th." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII.III (2023): 28-38 Print.
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OXFORD : Ahmad, Mahnoor, Rauf, Sumaira, and Faryal, Sayeda (2023), "Lexical Analysis; A study of Essays at Secondary Level of Grade 8th", Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (III), 28-38
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TURABIAN : Ahmad, Mahnoor, Sumaira Rauf, and Sayeda Faryal. "Lexical Analysis; A study of Essays at Secondary Level of Grade 8th." Global Educational Studies Review VIII, no. III (2023): 28-38. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-III).04