A Study of the Acquisition of English Synforms by Persian Learners

This article was conducted to a) determine the sequence of the Acquisition of English Synforms by Persian Learners and b) analyze the acquisition of different kinds of these Synforms statistically. To approach this objective, a test reflecting the student's knowledge of English synfroms was administered to thirty students of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman with the same level of proficiency. The sequence in which Persian learners distinguished between the synfromic contrasts was consonants, prefix, vowels, suffix and root. Also, the difference between the means in all groups was statistically significant except for the mean in the vocalic synforms; including synforms with a different vowel and synforms with an additional vowel.