Publication details
Modal verbs in English essays written by Czech secondary school students
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | This paper presents the findings of frequency analysis of modal verbs and their complementation in 390 English school-leaving essays written by Czech secondary-school students in a high-stakes exam. The findings reveal a very high proportion of correct complementation patterns, but predominantly with lexical verbs at A1 and A2 CEFR levels while complementation by past-tense forms of lexical verbs and the absence of complementation are the most frequent errors. |
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