Error Types and Negative-Transfer in Compositions of Third, Fourth and Fifth Semester German Students.

Born, Renate

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Publication Date: 1985

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Error Types and Negative-Transfer in Compositions of Third, Fourth and Fifth Semester German Students.

Born, Renate

Unterrichtspraxis, v18 n2 p246-53 Fall 1985

Describes a study of those areas that experience suggests are major sources of error for native English-speakers studying German. Students' writing samples of different proficiency levels were analysed to establish (1) changes in error rate per student over the three semesters and (2) degree of negative transfer for each group. (SED)

Descriptors: English, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Foreign Countries, German, Higher Education, Interference (Language), Morphology (Languages), Second Language Learning, Semantics, Syntax, Vocabulary, Writing (Composition)

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