Obstacles Encountered by secondary school students in Using ing-form (gerund) , Present participle and Participle Adjectives

Abstract

This study investigates the difficulties faced by students in using ing form (gerund), present participle and participle adjectives. The goal of this study is to find out to what extent the students face the difficulties in using ing form (gerund) present participle and participle adjective. The researcher used two data collection instruments : students' test and teachers' questionnaire, these were conducted to explore the obstacles in using ing-form (gerund), present participle and participle adjective, the sample of the study composed of 40 students and 10 teachers in Al-Motred secondary school in Zawia. The researcher used the Spear Brown method with an expert in analyzing the results . The findings of the study proved • Students face difficulties in using ing – form (gerund), present participle and participle adjective. • Students confused ing-form (gerund), as a complement with present participle because gerund as a complement and present participle come after be. e.g.: a- His favorite hobby is swimming (gerund) as a complement. b- She is writing a letter (present participle) • Students also confused ing–form (gerund) as a complement with participle adjectives since ing–form (gerund) as a complement and participle adjectives come after "be": e.g: a- Her hobby is reading (gerund) as a complement. b- The film was boring (participle adjective) • The main factor is that students did not mastry the function of ing – form (gerund), present participle and participle adjective. • English language teachers do not give enough explanation to the ingform (gerund), present participle and participle adjective because they do not have enough time to do that. • It is recommended that teachers should focus both oral and written practice to reinforce students' knowledge of ing – form (gerund), present participle and participle adjective • It is also recommended that teachers should emphasize on different treatments of ing- form (gerund), present participle and participle adjective by different schools of grammar.