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Error Analysis and Error Correction in Adult Learners of English as a Second Language. Working Papers on Bilingualism, No. 13.
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White, Lydia – 1977
Twelve Spanish-speaking adults learning English as a second language were tested using the Bilingual Syntax Measure and their errors were analysed. Eight of them were subsequently presented with their errors in written form and asked to correct them. The 12 adults produced a total of 451 errors, of which 20.6% were due to interference from…
Descriptors: Adult Students, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language)