Supervised by: Dr. Antar Abdellah. Prepared by: Eman Al-Thubyani

An Error is a wrong result that is shown in the student’s performance.

Error Analysis is the examination of those errors committed by students in both the spoken and written medium.

Error analysis is a type of linguistic analysis that focuses on the errors learners make. It consists of a comparison between the errors made in the target language (TL) and that TL itself.

Show a student’s progress and problematic areas to The teacher. They show how a language is acquired and what strategies the learner uses. The researcher can learn from these errors The learner

The process of Error Analysis Identifying errors Classifying errors Analyzing source of error Providing remedies

Deviances can be classified as follows: 1) Slips: Errors in performance which are easily and quickly self-corrected by the producer without having them pointed out. 2) Mistakes: These can be self-corrected if pointed out. There are two classifications of mistake: 3) Errors: These deviances are not self- correctable and further learning must take place before correction can take place.

Cannot be self- corrected. Can be self-corrected, Errors are ‘systematic,’ Only the teacher or researcher would locate them Mistakes are ‘not systematic,’.They can be located by the learner The learner is not aware of errors The learner knows that he made a mistake

(Mistake. The student knows the correct spelling, but wrote it wrongly) 1. He go to school. 2. He goes to scool. (Error. The student has not learnt the 3rd person form)

Surface strategy. There are two descriptive taxonomies of errors: Linguistic categories

2.1 Linguistic categories Syntax And Morphology (Grammar) Semantics And Lexicon (Meaning And Vocabulary) Phonology (Pronunciation) Substance (Mechanics + Spelling)

1.Vowels. Bet / bit, bell/ bill. 2.Stress: 3.Consonants: Ahmad, J. (2011)

exampleSub- category when he returned to home, he took a shower.Prepositions/ particles I like to study in the homeArticles I shocked by the resultsPassive Voice I never went to that countryTenses (wrong tense) I hoped that all of us give up smoking (agreement of tenses) I am obsessed with money; it is just the way they smell. Singular/Plural That is so because I would like to follow in my fathers footsteps Possessive case when a smoker smoking heavily he hurts other people. Verb(Be) He go to school everyday.Sub-verb agreement

For me to be counted as a one of a kind mother I need to take classes. When I secure a job my goal is to become partner and have a quarter office.

Punctuation Spelling

Surface strategy. There are two descriptive taxonomies of errors: Linguistic categories

Omission I reading a book Addition Within a half an hour, I get ready. Mis-ordering I live in the country most beautiful of Asia. Misusing Students's ideas are very good.

Interlingual transfer Other sources Intralingual transfer

It is the result of language transfer, which is caused by the learner’s first language. Usually made by beginners

Translate directly from Arabic to English. He laughed from me. I like to study in the home. Put English word into Arabic syntax I hoped that all of us give up smoking

Result from faulty or partial learning of the target language rather than language transfer. They may be caused by the influence of one target language item upon another. As a result of learners’ attempt to build up concepts and hypotheses about the target language from their limited experience with it.

He is comes here. They goed there.

Other Sources Context of learning Faulty presentation of a structure in a text book Technology………………………………….. Misleading explanation from the teacher

(1)Should learner’s errors be corrected? (2) If so, when should learner’s errors be corrected? (3) Which learner’s errors should be corrected? (4) How should learner’s errors be corrected? (5) Who should correct learner’s errors?.

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