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2008-07-01

Error Analysis in a Written Composition

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Error, mistake, clinical elicitation research, incidental sample (en)

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  • David Alberto Londoño Vásquez Author
Learners make errors in both comprehension and production. Some theoreticians have pointed out the difficulty of assigning the cause of failures in comprehension to an inadequate knowledge of a particular syntactic feature of a misunderstood utterance. Indeed, an error can be defined as a deviation from the norms of the target language. In this investigation, based on personal and professional experience, a written composition entitled “My Life in Colombia” will be analyzed based on clinical elicitation (CE) research. CE involves getting the informant to produce data of any sort, for example, by means of a general interview or by asking the learner to write a composition. Some errors produced by a foreign language learner in her acquisition process will be analyzed, identifying the possible sources of these errors. Finally, four kinds of errors are classified: omission, addition, misinformation, and misordering. Keywords: Error, mistake, clinical elicitation research, incidental sample Los aprendices comenten errores tanto en la comprensión como en la producción. Algunos teóricos han identificado que la dificultad para clasificar las diferentes fallas en comprensión se debe al conocimiento inadecuado de una característica sintáctica particular. Por tanto, el error puede definirse como una desviación de las normas del idioma objetivo. En esta experiencia profesional se analizará una composición escrita sobre “Mi vida en Colombia” con base en la investigación a través de la elicitación clínica (EC). Esta se centra en cómo el informante produce datos de cualquier tipo, por ejemplo, a través de una entrevista general o solicitándole al aprendiz una composición escrita. Se analizarán algunos errores producidos por un aprendiz de una lengua extranjera en su proceso de adquisición, identificando sus posibles causas. Finalmente, se clasifican cuatro tipos de errores: omisión, adición, desinformación y yuxtaposición sintáctica. Palabras claves: Error, equivocación, investigación a través de elicitación clínica, muestra incidental

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APA

Londoño Vásquez, D. A. (2008). Error Analysis in a Written Composition. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 10(1), 135–146. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10619

ACM

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Londoño Vásquez, D.A. 2008. Error Analysis in a Written Composition. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development. 10, 1 (Jul. 2008), 135–146.

ACS

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Londoño Vásquez, D. A. Error Analysis in a Written Composition. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. 2008, 10, 135-146.

ABNT

LONDOÑO VÁSQUEZ, D. A. Error Analysis in a Written Composition. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 1, p. 135–146, 2008. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10619. Acesso em: 20 apr. 2024.

Chicago

Londoño Vásquez, David Alberto. 2008. “Error Analysis in a Written Composition”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 10 (1):135-46. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10619.

Harvard

Londoño Vásquez, D. A. (2008) “Error Analysis in a Written Composition”, Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 10(1), pp. 135–146. Available at: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10619 (Accessed: 20 April 2024).

IEEE

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D. A. Londoño Vásquez, “Error Analysis in a Written Composition”, Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev., vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 135–146, Jul. 2008.

MLA

Londoño Vásquez, D. A. “Error Analysis in a Written Composition”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, vol. 10, no. 1, July 2008, pp. 135-46, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10619.

Turabian

Londoño Vásquez, David Alberto. “Error Analysis in a Written Composition”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 10, no. 1 (July 1, 2008): 135–146. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10619.

Vancouver

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Londoño Vásquez DA. Error Analysis in a Written Composition. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. [Internet]. 2008 Jul. 1 [cited 2024 Apr. 20];10(1):135-46. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10619

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