Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ214441
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Oct
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'To Err is Human': Error Analysis and Child Language Acquisition.
Gorbet, Frances
English Language Teaching Journal, v34 n1 p22-28 Oct 1979
Discusses the value of classifying the errors adult language learners make and of comparing them to errors made by children. It is suggested that teachers correct student errors in the same way parents correct children's errors in order to encourage successful learning. (CFM)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Interference (Language), Interlanguage, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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