Error: Identification, Description and Implication
Error: Identification, Description and Implication An individual language user's deviation from standard language norms in grammar, syntax, pronunciation and punctuation are sometimes referred to as errors. In the case of an error, the person giving the wrong response simply suggests he does not know what the right answer is. According to Pete Corder, one of the pioneers in the field, "Errors are deviations from correct usages resulting because a learner does not know the relevant language rule yet." "The condition of having incorrect or false knowledge" (dictionary. Com). H D Brown (1994) defines error as "noticeable deviation from the adult grammar of a native speaker reflecting interlanguage competence of the learners ". (Principles of language learning and teaching, 3rd edition.) Edge (1989) says "an error is what a learner can't self correct" (mistakes and correction. London . longman.) Dulay and Bur...