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| Error Analysis (Language) | 1 |
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| Palmer, David | 1 |
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Peer reviewedPalmer, David – English Language Teaching Journal, 1980
Proposes an error gravity/distribution factor to give a mathematically consistent evaluation method to error analysis. Such an approach assumes that "seriousness" of error is related to frequency of output and not to notions of degree of communicative difficulty. Distribution of error type is also taken into account. (PJM)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Language Skills, Second Language Instruction
