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A learner repeatedly gets a form wrong as it is not yet learnt. This is calledRead the answer and worked solution →What does a learner's systematic error mainly tell the teacher?Read the answer and worked solution →Which linguist drew the 1965 competence and performance distinction used to separate errors from mistakes?Read the answer and worked solution →In Chomsky's terms, a speaker's knowledge of their own language is calledRead the answer and worked solution →The actual use of language in concrete situations is termedRead the answer and worked solution →Which approach to learner errors was dominant in the 1950s, before error analysis arose?Read the answer and worked solution →Contrastive analysis saw the main barrier to L2 learning asRead the answer and worked solution →Which linguist and colleagues established error analysis in the 1960s?Read the answer and worked solution →An error caused by the pull of the learner's native language isRead the answer and worked solution →A learner misuses a rule of the target language because of faulty or partial learning. This is anRead the answer and worked solution →A child says "he goed" instead of "he went". This is mainly an example ofRead the answer and worked solution →A learner never uses a grammar rule because it feels too hard. This is an error ofRead the answer and worked solution →A beginner keeps repeating one sentence pattern again and again. This is an error ofRead the answer and worked solution →Producing simpler forms than those of the target language, through omission or addition, is calledRead the answer and worked solution →Which error shows a normal pattern of development, as in "comed" or "breaked"?Read the answer and worked solution →Leaving out a needed word, as in "We wait the bus", is classed by form asRead the answer and worked solution →An error such as "I angry", obvious even out of context, is calledRead the answer and worked solution →An error that is evident only when read in context is calledRead the answer and worked solution →Which kind of error makes an utterance difficult to understand?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is "I angry" counted as a local error?Read the answer and worked solution →According to Corder, what is the first step of a typical error analysis study?Read the answer and worked solution →In Corder's steps, which stage comes right after describing the errors?Read the answer and worked solution →A main limit of error analysis is that it can handle onlyRead the answer and worked solution →In the mid-1970s Corder and others moved on from error analysis to a broader study ofRead the answer and worked solution →Error analysts distinguish errors from mistakes by saying errors areRead the answer and worked solution →A child can understand little of what is said to them. Which type of language disorder is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Difficulty using words to communicate is known as which kind of language disorder?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is one of the five domains of language?Read the answer and worked solution →A speech disorder, unlike a language disorder, is trouble withRead the answer and worked solution →About what share of young children show developmental language disorder?Read the answer and worked solution →

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A learner repeatedly gets a form wrong as it is not yet learnt. This is called

  1. A learner error
  2. A slip of the tongue
  3. A random lapse
  4. A careless mistake
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Correct answer: A. A learner error

1. A systematic deviation that shows incomplete learning is an error. 2. Slips and lapses are not systematic, so they are not errors in this sense. 3. Because the learner repeats the wrong form consistently, it points to a gap in knowledge. _Source: Wikipedia, Error analysis (linguistics), lead section_

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What does a learner's systematic error mainly tell the teacher?

  1. That the learner is careless
  2. How far the learner has come
  3. That the learner is gifted
  4. That the learner needs rest
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Correct answer: B. How far the learner has come

1. Errors signify three things, the first being a message to the teacher. 2. They show how far the learner has come and what remains to be learnt. 3. Carelessness or low intelligence are not what systematic errors indicate. _Source: Wikipedia, Error analysis (linguistics), lead section_

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Which linguist drew the 1965 competence and performance distinction used to separate errors from mistakes?

  1. B.F. Skinner
  2. Jean Piaget
  3. Noam Chomsky
  4. Lev Vygotsky
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Correct answer: C. Noam Chomsky

1. The identification of mistakes and errors rests on the competence and performance distinction. 2. That distinction was made by Noam Chomsky in 1965. 3. Skinner, Piaget and Vygotsky are known for other theories. _Source: Wikipedia, Error analysis (linguistics), Errors versus mistakes_

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