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Peer reviewedMendelsohn, David J. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1983
Maintains that measuring syntactic error alone is inadequate and that syntactic maturity should also be considered. Discusses ways of measuring syntactic maturity in spoken English of nonnative speakers and examines the relationship of syntactic error to syntactic maturity. (EKN)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Peer reviewedMeziani, Ahmed – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1984
Presents the results of a study of the errors made on essays by Moroccan students of English as a second language. The average number of grammatical errors was 10.62 per paper and the most frequent errors were related to tense, prepositions, articles, form, and concord. (SED)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
Peer reviewedShaheen, Abdel-Rahman – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1984
Lists and discusses certain recurrent errors made by adult Arab students of English literature at the university level. The errors were produced spontaneously in free writing and not through mechanical drills or isolated occurrences of sentences, so they reflect the learner's competence in English. (SED)
Descriptors: Arabic, English (Second Language), English Literature, Error Analysis (Language)
Peer reviewedGhadessy, Mohsen – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980
Discusses the results of an error analysis of 100 English compositions written by university students in Iran. It is suggested that mistakes are not primarily due to interference from the native language, but to developmental errors, similar to errors made in first language acquisition. (Author/AMH)
Descriptors: Adults, Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
Peer reviewedSheen, Ronald – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980
Discusses the literature on interference as the cause of errors in second language speech. A study is reported which shows that interference by the native language is most often the factor responsible for the largest number of mistakes in grammar and vocabulary. (Author/AMH)
Descriptors: Adults, Bilingualism, Discourse Analysis, Error Analysis (Language)
