A Survey of Yemeni Teachers’ Views on Student Errors in the Area of English Wh-Questions

Abstract

This study surveyed the perception of the Yemeni
teachers of English in the secondary schools on their students’
errors in the area of English Wh-questions. A total of 300
survey questionnaires were sent to a sample of teachers across
the Republic of Yemen in the school year 2003/2004. The
Participants were requested to react to 30 Wh- questions
drawn from oral and written samples of many Yemeni
students.The analysis of the responses received indicated that
the teachers’ views of their students’ errors leaned more
towards the intermediate one with an average mean of 0.6444
(i.e. they were above the mid-point of the scale). The results
also indicated that the Yemeni teachers’ views and reactions
to errors made by their students were not affected by the
teachers’ gender.