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Peer reviewedBesnard, Christine – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1995
Lists the 50 most common writing errors made by college students of French. Mistakes in spelling, vocabulary, and grammar are included. (CK)
Descriptors: College Students, English, Error Patterns, French
Peer reviewedWilliams, Jerry M. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1990
Teachers are encouraged to learn to codify student errors of selection and usage and to promote use of dictionaries and other lexical tools so students can achieve proper pronunciation and identify colloquialisms, misuse of idioms, and lack of grammatical logic in complex constructions. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Dictionaries, Error Correction, Error Patterns
Peer reviewedMorris, Lori – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2001
Spelling errors of 215 Grade 6 English-as-a-Second-Language learners were examined with a view to gaining an understanding of how these children construe and misconstrue the structure of their second language. It was found that unstressed grammatical function words proved particularly difficult for the learners to render in writing. They had…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
