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Non-Acquisition, Grammaticality, and the Concept of Interlanguage.

Connors, K. – 1990

French gender marking errors made by 23 Anglophones and 20 Lusophones are analyzed. The observation is made that the errors noted are due to frequent arbitrariness of this particular aspect of the language. It is concluded that the arbitrary portions of this feature of the language are subject to remaining indeterminate in second language…

Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Foreign Countries, French, Interlanguage

A Percentile Regression Model for the Number of Errors in Group Conversation Tests.

Liski, Erkki P.; Puntanen, Simo – 1985

A statistical model is presented for analyzing the results of group conversation tests in English, developed in a Finnish university study from 1977 to 1981. The model is illustrated with the findings from the study. In this study, estimates of percentile curves for the number of errors are of greater interest than the mean regression line. It was…

Descriptors: Data Interpretation, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Foreign Countries