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Applied linguistic
1) The document outlines the process of identifying and describing errors made by language learners. It discusses overt errors, which are ungrammatical at the sentence level, and covert errors, which are grammatically correct sentences that do not make sense in context. 2) It provides a procedure for identifying errors, determining if a sentence is overtly or covertly erroneous, and reconstructing the sentence to understand the error. If the learner's native language is known, the sentence can be translated to and from that language. 3) Common error types are described as errors of addition, omission, substitution, or ordering, which can occur at the phonological, lexical, grammatical or discourse levels. While broad, these
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- 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS “OVERT”& “COVERT” ERRORS1 PROCEDURE OF IDENTIFYING ERRORS2 DESCRIBING ERRORS3
- 3. I. INTRODUCTION The firstin the process of analysis errors is the identification and description of errors. According to Corder’s model, any sentence uttered by the learner and subsequently transcribed can be analyzed for idiosyncrasies.
- 4. I. IDENTIFYING ERRORS OVERTERRORS (sentence level error) Overtly erroneous utterances are unquestionably ungrammatical at the sentence level ( ungrammatical sentences are overt errors) Ex: He can singing. Are you go to New York next week?
- 5. I. IDENTIFYING ERRORS COVERT ERRORS (Discourse level errors) Covertly erroneous utterances are grammatically well- formed at the sentence level but are not interpretable within the context of communication cover errors are not really errors at all if you attend to surrounding discourse. Ex1: How old are you? I’m fine, thanks. Covert error Ex2: How are you? I’m fine, thanks. Not error any more
- 6. PROCEDURE OF IDENTIFYINGERRORS Is sentence superficially well formed in term of grammar of TL? (It is rainy) Yes Does the normal interpretation according to the rules of the TL make sense in the context? (Talking about the weather) Yes Sentence is not idiosyncratic OUT 1
- 7. PROCEDURE OF IDENTIFYINGERRORS Is sentence superficially well formed in term of grammar of TL? S1: Does can John swim? S2: I saw their department No Sentence is overtly idiosyncratic. Yes Does the normal interpretation according to the rules of the TL make sense in the context? (context was in a conversation about living quarters in Mexico) Sentence is covertly idiosyncratic. No Can a plausible interpretation be put on a sentence in context? Yes Make well-formed reconstruction of sentence in TL. (Can John swim?) Compare a reconstructed S with original idiosyncratic S. What do they differ? OUT2 No Is mother tongue of learner known? (Yes, Spanish) Yes Translate S literally into L1. Is plausible interpretation in context possible? (Yo vi su departamento. Yes) Translate L1 sentence back into target language to provide reconstructed sentence. (I saw their apartment)
- 8. PROCEDURE OF IDENTIFYINGERRORS Is sentence superficially well formed in term of grammar of TL? (The different city is another one in another two) No Sentence is overtly idiosyncratic. Can a plausible interpretation be put on a sentence in context? No Yes Translate S literally into L1. Is plausible interpretation in context possible? Is mother tongue of learner know? Yes, Spanish No Hold the sentence in store. OUT3 No
- 9. II. DESCRIBING ERRORS ERRORS OF ADDITION Ex: Does he can sing? I don’t have got any sisters. ERRORS OF OMISSION Ex: I went to cinema. (the cinema) My mother is doctor. (a doctor)
- 10. II. DESCRIBING ERRORS ERRORS OF SUBSTITUTION Ex: I lost my road. (way) He is personal detective. (private) ERRORS OF ORDERING Ex: We were late school for. Her house is beautiful more than mine.
- 11. II. DESCRIBING ERRORS However,these categories are clearly very generalized. Within each category, levels of language can be considered: phonology or orthography, lexicon, grammar, and discourse. Ex: Nevertheless, the categories can help you to identify where the leaner is in terms of his or her own system.