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Toward a Grammar of Learners' Errors.
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Morrissey, Michael D. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1983
Discusses linguistic competence and performance and how analyzing second language learners' errors can provide clues about their interlanguage, which is useful not only for pedagogical reasons, but also for the forwarding of general linguistic theory. (EKN)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Interlanguage, Language Research, Linguistic Competence
The Interlanguage of Advanced Learners: An Error Analysis of Graduate Students' Spanish.
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Azevedo, Milton M. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980
Results of an error analysis of compositions by students of Spanish are reported. Advanced students are shown to still make errors in morphology, syntax, choice of prepositions, and lexical choice. Error patterns suggest utilization of variable rules in the analysis of transitional competence. (JB)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Graduate Students, Higher Education, Interlanguage
Some Influences on the Syllable Structure of Interlanguage Phonology.
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Tarone, Elaine E. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980
A study is described which (1) focuses on the syllable structure of the interlanguage in an attempt to determine how it differs from the syllable structure of the target language, and which (2) begins to identify some of the processes which may shape that interlanguage syllable structure. (Author)
Descriptors: Cantonese, Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language)