Analysis of errors made by students learning a second language often reveals active attempts to master the L2 rules. Awareness of error patterns can help language teachers make correction a positive experience and an aid to learning. (CHK)

When the ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher discovers the reasons underlying student errors, error correction will become a positive learning experience for both student and teacher. (CFM)

Hunt and O'Donnell's Aluminum Paragraph was administered to sixty Canadian college students enrolled in English as a Second Language (ESL) courses. The students were asked to re-write and to improve a paragraph consisting of 32 short, single-clause sentences. The students were identified as low intermediate, high intermediate, and advanced in…