AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENT WORDS USED IN A SCHOOL TEXTBOOK, TEAM UP ENGLISH 3, USED FOR GRADE 9 STUDENTS

Authors

  • Sukontip Pijarnsarid English Department, Graduate School, Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, Thailand
  • Prommintra Kongkaew English Department, Graduate School, Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, Thailand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v5.i3.2017.1761

Keywords:

Content Words, English Textbook, Nouns, Adjective, Verb, Adverb

Abstract [English]

The purpose of this study were to study the content words used in a school textbook, Team Up in English 3, used for Grade 9 students and to study the frequency of content words used in a school textbook, Team Up in English 3, used for Grade 9 students. The study found that nouns is used with the highest frequency (79), followed by verb (58), adjective (46), and adverb (24).With the nouns analyzed, it was found that the Modifiers + N used with the highest frequency (92.40%), the compound nouns were ranked in second (7.59 %). Considering the verbs used in the text, it was found that transitive verbs were most commonly used (77.58%), followed by intransitive verbs (12.06%), linking verbs (10.34%). As regards the adjectives used in the text, there were 46 adjectives in total, 30 adjectives were used as attributive (65.21 %) and 16 adjectives were used as predicative (34.78%). As for the adverbs, it was found that adverbs of times were used with the highest frequency (37.5 % ), followed by the adverbs of purpose and degree (33.33%) , the adverbs of  frequency (12.5 %) , the adverbs of place  ( 8.33% ) and the adverbs of manner ( 8.33 % ).

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Published

2017-03-31

How to Cite

Pijarnsarid, S., & Kongkaew, P. (2017). AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENT WORDS USED IN A SCHOOL TEXTBOOK, TEAM UP ENGLISH 3, USED FOR GRADE 9 STUDENTS. International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH, 5(3), 140–153. https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v5.i3.2017.1761