ERRORS

ERRORS

1. CAUSES

   • simplification
   • Overgeneralization
   • hypercorrection
   • faulty teaching
   • fossilization
   • avoidance
   • inadequate learning
   • False concepts hypothesized

2. TYPES

   • PERFORMANCE ERRORS
     • Learners made them when they are tired or hueried
   • COMPETENCE ERRORS
     • reflect inadequate learning
   • LOCAL ERRORS
     • do not hinder communication and understand the meaning of an utterance
     • involve noun and verb inflections and the use of articles
   • GLOBAL ERRORS
     • interfere with communication and disrupt the meaning of utterance
     • involve wrong word order in a sentence

3. TREATMENT

   • Teachers cannot and should not coreect all errors
   • Teachers should correct errors affecting intelligibility
   • High frequency and generality eroors should be corrected
   • Teachers shoul put more emphasis on correcting errors

4. HUMAN LEARNING INVOLVES COMMITING ERRORS

   • CAN BE CONSIDER AS A CREATIVE PROCESS FOR LEARNING