The role of error

What is an error?

• When students attempt to say something that is too difficult for them or over their level of language processing.

• The student knows the rule but for various reasons, at a certain moment you forget it and fail.

• A performance error that is a random guess in that it is a failure to use a known system correctly.

The student forgot a lot of grammar because she was very tired.

• Mistake

• Error

• Slip

The process in which incorrect language becomes a habit and cannot easily be corrected is a

• Interference

• Fossilitation

• Overgeneralisation

What are the three main reasons why students make mistakes?

• Developmental errors, interference and overgeneralisation

• Reformulation, interference and overgeneralisation

• developmental errors, interaction and overgeneralisation

Prompting is the process by which first language influence on the second language

• True

• False

Are there some errors that are more urgent to correct than others?

• Yes, the ones that prevent the communication.

• No, every error committed must be corrected immediately

“My brother has two years” and the teacher repeated avoiding the mistake "is your brother two years old?"

• Fossilisation

• Interaction

• Reformulation

Spanish people use indistinclty he/she and his/her.utilizar he/she y his/her.

• Interference

• Overgeneralisation

• Developmental error