Implications of Error Analysis for Second/Foreign Language Acquisition.

Ghadessy, Mohsen

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Publication Date: 1980-May

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Implications of Error Analysis for Second/Foreign Language Acquisition.

Ghadessy, Mohsen

International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, v18 n2 p93-104 May 1980

Discusses the results of an error analysis of 100 English compositions written by university students in Iran. It is suggested that mistakes are not primarily due to interference from the native language, but to developmental errors, similar to errors made in first language acquisition. (Author/AMH)

Descriptors: Adults, Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Interference (Language), Language Patterns, Language Processing, Language Research, Language Universals, Patterned Responses, Second Language Learning, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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