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Latour, Bernd – Zielsprache Deutsch, 1979
Emphasizes that error analysis is not the analysis of the learner's competence. Laments the lack of texts which deal with frequently recurring types of errors, such as those discussed in this article, and which could help to forestall the production of these errors. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, German, Second Language Instruction
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Clahsen, Harald – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1992
Found dissociations between regular and irregular inflectional processes in the formation of English past tenses, German noun plurals, and German participles. Children's inflectional errors include using regular patterns for irregular forms. Some linguistic processes, such as forming compound words, are sensitive to the distinction between regular…
Descriptors: Child Language, English, Error Patterns, German
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Courtade, Ida – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1996
The defining of colors is a very subjective topic and results in many misunderstandings, especially in translation from one language to another. The number and significance of color adjectives vary from culture to culture. The goal of this article is to explain the origins of such variations and to discuss examples of common translation errors and…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Art, Color, Cultural Differences
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Heift, Trude – CALICO Journal, 2003
Describes a web-based intelligent computer assisted language learning (ICALL) system for German that provides error-specific feedback suited to learner expertise. Focuses on the Domain Knowledge and Filtering Module. Concludes with a study that supports the need for a CALL system that addresses multiple errors by considering language teaching…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Error Correction, Error Patterns, German
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Merrifield, Doris Fulda – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1991
Offers sufficient responses to 60 of the most frequently made errors in German grammar, plus 13 punctuation rules, and proposes that the instructor hand out this list to the students and henceforth "tag" language errors by the corresponding number, then have the student correct them and resubmit the assignment for a better grade. (GLR)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Correction, Error Patterns, German
Walz, Joel C. – 1982
A review of literature on error correction shows a lack of agreement on the benefits of error correction in second language learning and confusion on which errors to correct and the approach to take to correction of both oral and written language. This monograph deals with these problems and provides examples of techniques in English, French,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Error Patterns, French