Error Analysis

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dr Mariusz Marczak, Dydaktyka

szczegółowa, WSL Częstochowa

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(Corder 1967)

Error

– deviation from the norms of the standard target

language as a result of a lack of the knowledge of rules

Mistake

– deviation from the norms of the standard target

language as a result of a slip of the tongue, stress or
fatigue.

Reasons:

Fall of CAH
Fallacy of L1 transfer/interference as major cause of L2 errors
Increased interest in FL pedagogy
Increased interest in causes of errors

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dr Mariusz Marczak, Dydaktyka

szczegółowa, WSL Częstochowa

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Nature of Error Analysis

comprehension errors (Pass me the paper/pepper)
production errors (I goed to school*)

Value and significance of errors

feedback forTs on how much Ss have been learning
feedback for SLA researchers on how Ss learn
guidelines to learners on TL rules

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dr Mariusz Marczak, Dydaktyka

szczegółowa, WSL Częstochowa

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PROCEDURE:

1. collecting samples of learner language

2. identifying errors

3. describing errors

4. explaining errors

5. evaluating errors

Collection of samples:

oral or written language
conversation, speech, correspondence

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dr Mariusz Marczak, Dydaktyka

szczegółowa, WSL Częstochowa

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Categories of errors

Psycholinguistic errors
sociolinguistic errors
pragmatic errors
discourse structure errors

Causes of errors /Central processes

(Selinker 1972)

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1. language transfer

2. transfer of training

3. overgeneralisation

4. strategies of learning

5. strategies of communication

Findings:

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Other causes of errors, e.g.

fossilisation

(he/she in former Yugoslavia, I/he/she in Poland)
stress
spelling/pronunciation discrepancy

Findings:

Conclusions

most errors intralingual
transfer mostly phonological and lexical
errors can have more than one source
research methodology was a real

weakness

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dr Mariusz Marczak, Dydaktyka

szczegółowa, WSL Częstochowa

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Bibliography

Bussmann, H. (1996). Error analysis. In Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics,

London: Routledge.

Corder, S. P. (1967). The significance of learner’s errors. International Review of Applied

Linguistics in Language Teaching, 5, 1 pp. 61-170.

Ellis, R. (1994). The Study of Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: OUP.

Spillner , B. (1991). Error Analysis, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins.


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