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    This document discusses identifying and describing errors made by language learners. It explains that learner language systems are unstable and cannot be directly observed, but must be inferred through analyzing their production and comprehension data. The task of analyzing learner performance is challenging due to the unpredictability and inconsistency of their developing systems. The document outlines Corder's model for error analysis, which involves identifying errors, determining if they are overt or covert, reconstructing the intended meaning, comparing it to the original utterance, and identifying the source of errors.

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    This document discusses identifying and describing errors made by language learners. It explains that learner language systems are unstable and cannot be directly observed, but must be inferred through analyzing their production and comprehension data. The task of analyzing learner performance is challenging due to the unpredictability and inconsistency of their developing systems. The document outlines Corder's model for error analysis, which involves identifying errors, determining if they are overt or covert, reconstructing the intended meaning, comparing it to the original utterance, and identifying the source of errors.

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    This document discusses identifying and describing errors made by language learners. It explains that learner language systems are unstable and cannot be directly observed, but must be inferred through analyzing their production and comprehension data. The task of analyzing learner performance is challenging due to the unpredictability and inconsistency of their developing systems. The document outlines Corder's model for error analysis, which involves identifying errors, determining if they are overt or covert, reconstructing the intended meaning, comparing it to the original utterance, and identifying the source of errors.

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    IDENTIFYING AND DESCRIBING ERRORS H.

    Douglas Brown
    “One of the common difficulties in understanding the
    linguistic system of both first and second language
    learners is the fact that such systems cannot be directly
    observed. They must be inferred by means of analyzing
    production and comprehension data”.

    (BROWN, 2000, p. 220)


    “What makes the task even thornier is the instability
    of learners’ systems. Systems ate in a constante state
    of flux as nem information flows in and, through the
    process of subsumption, causes existing structures to
    be revised”.

    (BROWN, 2000, p. 200).


    “Repeated observations of a learner will often reveal
    apparently unpredictable or even contradictory data. In
    undertaking the task of performance analysis, the
    teacher and researcher are called upon to infer order
    and logic in this unstable and variable system”.

    (BROWN, 2000, p. 200).


    STEPS IN THE PROCESS OF ERROR
    ANALYSIS
    1. IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF ERROR
    Corder’s model:
    “(...) any sentence uttered by the learner and subsequently transcribed can be
    analyzed for idiosyncrasies”;
    Overt X Covert erros:
    Overtly erroneous utterances are unquestionably ungrammatical at the sentence
    level;
    Covertly erroneous utterances are grammatically well-formed at the sentence level
    but are not interpretable within the context of communication.
    In both overt and covert errors, if a plausible interpretation can be made of the
    sentence, then one should form a reconstruction of the sentence in the target
    language, compare the reconstruction with the original idiosyncratic sentence, and
    then describe the differences.
    If the native language of the learner is known, the model indicates using translation
    as a possible indicator of native language interference as the source of error.
    In some cases no plausible interpretation is possible at all.
    A. Is sentence superficially
    well-formed in terms of the
    gramar of the target
    DOES JOHN CAN SING? language?
    NO

    C. Can a plausible Sentence is overtly


    interpretation be put on idiosincratic
    sentence in context?
    YES

    D. Make well formed


    reconstruction of sentence in
    target language
    CAN JOHN SING?

    Original sentence contained pre-


    posed do auxiliary applicable to
    most verbs, but not to verbs with
    modal auxiliars. OUT2
    THE DIFERENTE CITY A. Is sentence
    superficially well-
    IS ANOTHER ONE IN formed in terms of
    the gramar of the
    THE ANOTHER TWO target language?

    I. No analysis G. No plausible
    translation or
    NO. Sentence is OUT3 interpretation.
    overtly idiosincratic
    C. Can a plausible
    interpretation be put
    on sentence in
    context?
    NO.
    F. Is mother tongue of
    learner known?
    YES. Spanish.

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