Types of Errors
What is an interlingual error?
This type of error results directly from native language (L1) transfer
What is fossilization?
Term for when errors (especially in pronunciation) persist over long periods and become difficult to eliminate
What is an intralingual error?
This type of error stems from faulty or partial learning within the target language itself, rather than L1 influence.
What is avoidance?
This strategy involves learners completely bypassing difficult structures to use simpler alternatives instead.
What is negative transfer?
Interlingual errors are also commonly referred to by this term.
What is overgeneralization?
This occurs when a learner takes a rule or construction from one context and applies it to contexts where it does not belong
What is simplification?
This occurs when learners choose simple forms and sentence structures instead of attempting more complex ones
This type of error occurs when a teacher’s overly zealous correction efforts induce students to make mistakes in otherwise correct forms.
What is hypercorrection?
What is inadequate learning?
This specific learning factor is caused primarily by an ignorance of rule restrictions in the target language
What is faulty teaching?
Errors caused directly by the teacher, teaching materials, or order of presentation fall under this factor.