Teachers' and Students' Evaluations of Foreign Language Errors: A Meeting of Minds?.

Birdsong, David; Kassen, Margaret Ann

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Teachers' and Students' Evaluations of Foreign Language Errors: A Meeting of Minds?

Birdsong, David; Kassen, Margaret Ann

Modern Language Journal, v72 n1 p1-12 Spr 1988

Analysis of responses of native French-speaking (N=10) and English-speaking (N=10) college French instructors rating students' errors in French revealed that (1) native French speakers were more critical evaluators than native English speakers; (2) teachers were generally more critical evaluators than students; and (3) more fluent speakers were more critical than less fluent speakers. (CB)

Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Error Analysis (Language), French, Grammatical Acceptability, Higher Education, Language Attitudes, Language Fluency, Language Proficiency, Language Teachers, Native Speakers, Responses, Second Language Learning, Teacher Attitudes

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