The nature of learner language SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Errors and errors analysis Ø Identifying errors to identfy errors we have to compare

v errors reflect gaps in a learner’s knowledge; they occur because the learner does

1) Describing errors one way is to classify errors into grammatical categories. We could

2) Explaining errors The identification and description of errors are preliminaries to the much

3) Error evaluation where the purpose of the error analysis is to help learners

Developmental patterns 1) The early stages of L 2 acquisition Ø Ø Ø Silent

2) The order of acquisition to investigate the order of acquisition, researcher choose a

3) Sequence of acquisition when learners acquire a grammatical structure they do so gradually,

4) Some implications the discovery of common patterns in the way in which learner

Variability in learner language we have also seen that learner language is variable. At

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The nature of learner language SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION BY ROD ELLIS

Errors and errors analysis Ø Identifying errors to identfy errors we have to compare the sentences learners produce with what seem to be the normal or ‘correct’ sentences in the target language which correspond with them. we need to distinguish errors and mistakes.

v errors reflect gaps in a learner’s knowledge; they occur because the learner does not know what is correct. v mistakes reflect occasional lapses in performence; they occur because, in a particular instance, thee learner is unable to perform what he or she knows.

1) Describing errors one way is to classify errors into grammatical categories. We could gather all the errors relating to verbs and then identify the different kinds of verb errors in our sample.

2) Explaining errors The identification and description of errors are preliminaries to the much more interesting task of trying to explain why they occur.

3) Error evaluation where the purpose of the error analysis is to help learners learn an L 2, there is a need to evaluate errors.

Developmental patterns 1) The early stages of L 2 acquisition Ø Ø Ø Silent period Acquisition order Sequence of acquisition

2) The order of acquisition to investigate the order of acquisition, researcher choose a number of grammatical structures to study. other researcher have shown that the order does vary somewhat according to the learner’s first language.

3) Sequence of acquisition when learners acquire a grammatical structure they do so gradually, moving through a series of stages en route to acquiring the nativespeaker.

4) Some implications the discovery of common patterns in the way in which learner language changes over time is one of the most important findings of SLA.

Variability in learner language we have also seen that learner language is variable. At any given stage of development, learners sometimes employ one form and sometimes another.