Derivation and Inflection in Sudanese EFL Students' Performance

This study is hoped to be of value to English language learners and teachers in Sudan to overcome the difficulties that face Sudanese secondary school students in using derivational and functional morphemes. The study will also help them to modify their learning and teaching techniques. It is also significant in helping syllabus designers to check what students partially want to do with the learning of a foreign language especially with using morphemes in general and derivational and functional morphemes in particular .So identifying these points will help the syllabus designers to tailor attractive, useful and interesting textbooks which can stimulate the learner s appetite for much knowledge. The study will be of value to the Sudanese learners of English in terms of helping them use derivational and functional morphemes in correct ways. This study is hoped to be of value to English language learners and teachers in Sudan to overcome the difficulties that face Sudanese secondaryschool students in using derivational and inflectional morphemes. The study will also help them to modify their learning and teaching techniques. It is also significant in helping syllabus designers to check what students partially want to do with the learning of a foreign language especially with using morphemes in general and derivational and inflectional morphemes in particular .So identifying these points will help the syllabus designers to tailor attractive, useful and interesting textbooks which can stimulate the learner s appetite for much knowledge. The study will be of value to the Sudanese learners of English in terms of helping them use derivational and inflectional morphemes in correct ways.