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Download full textPowell, Patricia B. – 1975
This paper begins with a discussion of the meaning and importance of error analysis in language teaching and learning. The practical implications of what error analysis is for the classroom teacher are discussed, along with several possible systems for classifying learner errors. The need for the language teacher to establish certain priorities in…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Language Instruction, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedZydatiss, Wolfgang – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
Supports and expands upon S. P. Corder's theory that all the utterances of a language learner are well-formed and appropriate. (PMP)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Interference (Language), Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedRichards, Jack C. – Language Sciences, 1971
Paper presented at Indiana University, Bloomington on February 24, 1971, under the auspices of the Committee for Research and Development in Language Instruction. (VM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Contrastive Linguistics, Error Patterns, Interference (Language)
Peer reviewedPowell, Patricia B. – Foreign Language Annals, 1975
Secondary students of French interviewed a researcher posing as a French speaker. Error patterns and structures used were analyzed. Many errors were apparently due to interference; many others were apparently the result of reduction processes. Results suggested that errors might be corrected in terms of comprehensibility to a native speaker.…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, French
Svartvik, Jan, Ed. – 1973
Papers presented at the symposium of error analysis in Lund, Sweden, in September 1972, approach error analysis specifically in its relation to foreign language teaching and second language learning. Error analysis is defined as having three major aspects: (1) the description of the errors, (2) the explanation of errors by means of contrastive…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Educational Objectives, Error Analysis (Language)
PDF pending restorationCowan, J. Ronayne – 1976
One of the several causal mechanisms for errors made by adult second language learners is interference from the native language. This paper attempts to account for the cognitive nature of interference by proposing two psycholinguistically based principles that will explain various types of production and perception errors made of second language…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes, Error Patterns, Interference (Language)
Cohen, Andrew D. – 1975
For years language teachers have conducted error analysis for remedial purposes. More recently error analysis has assumed a developmental purpose, namely as a clue to the process of acquiring a second language. Causes of learner errors, such as interference from the first language, confusing aspects of the second language, or learners fostering…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
Byrd, Donald R. H.; Dumicich, John – 1975
The purpose of this paper is to clarify the theoretical concept of a syllabus by specifying important variables and priorities in its preparation and application. The scope and nature of the syllabus are discussed, followed by an examination of learning processes and strategies. The focus of the syllabus is seen as being fluency and flexibility,…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Curriculum Guides, English (Second Language), Error Patterns
