"Students’ Perceptions of English Affixation as Arabic Based The Case of Master Two EFL Students at Mohammed Seddik"

Abstract

The present study is concerned with investigating students’ perceptions of English affixation as semantically Arabic-based, using Cross-linguistic Morpho-phonological Analysis technique (CLMPA). The target behind conducting this research is to explore different insights, perceived by Master Two students of English as a foreign language at Mohammed Seddik Ben Yahia University-Jijel, on the Arabic meaning basis of English affixes. Accordingly, this research hypothesizes that if Master Two students are taught about CLMPA technique, they will perceive the Arabic meaning embedded in English affixes. This study is descriptive in its design as it describes and investigates students’ perceptions of the Arabic semantic basis that English affixes have. To test this hypothesis, a questionnaire test was administered to 28 out of 140 Master Two students of English as a foreign language at the department of English