The Interlanguage in Learners of English as a Foreign Language: An Error Analysis Approach

Autor/inn/en	González, Ruth Carolina Betancourt; Martínez, Elizabeth Alvarado
Titel	The Interlanguage in Learners of English as a Foreign Language: An Error Analysis Approach
Quelle	In: MEXTESOL Journal, 44 (2020) 1, (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Interlanguage; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Error Analysis (Language); Classification; Syntax; Undergraduate Students; Language Tests; Learning Strategies; Writing Evaluation; Writing (Composition); Transfer of Training; Native Language; Psycholinguistics; Language Processing; Concept Formation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zielsprache; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Error analysis; Language; Fehleranalyse; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Language test; Sprachtest; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Schreibübung; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Psycholinguistik; Sprachverarbeitung; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung
Abstract	In order to investigate the internal factors present in the interlanguage of learners of English as a foreign language, a qualitative research study was implemented to analyze the written productions of college students. The main objective of this case study was to identify the type of errors the students made and suggest the cognitive reasons that might have influenced them. The data were collected from a content exam applied to fourteen fourth-year students, and the syntactic errors were analyzed following the Error Analysis Approach. To classify errors is a complex task since the number of variables that influence the written production is considerable, and many times there is not a single cause of errors. However, the learners' errors do reflect the different learning strategies they apply, and it is possible to give an approximate description of this process, as it is shown in the results obtained in this study. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01