Error Analysis: a Recent Pseudoprocedure in Applied Linguistics.

Bell, Roger

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ERIC Number: EJ124290

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Publication Date: 1974

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Error Analysis: a Recent Pseudoprocedure in Applied Linguistics

Bell, Roger

ITL Review of Applied Linguistics, 25-26, 35-49, 74

Questions the adequacy of the data gathered through error analysis procedures, the status of the interlanguage as an autonomous system and the value of descriptions based on error analysis for the language teacher and learner. Suggests that error analysis procedures may prove more useful for historical linguistics. Available from Instituut voor Toegepaste Linguistiek, Vesaliusstraat 2, B. 3000 Leuven, Belgium. (Author/TL)

Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language), Interlanguage, Language Instruction, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Research Utilization, Second Language Learning

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