alleryWhich approach to learner errors was dominant in the 1950s, before error analysis arose?
AInterlanguage study
BContrastive analysis
CCommunicative testing
DImmersion teaching
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Contrastive analysis
1. Before the rise of error analysis, one approach dominated.
2. It compared the first and second languages to predict errors.
3. Interlanguage study came later, in the mid-1970s.
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