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2008-07-01

Error Analysis in a Written Composition

Análisis de errores en una composición escrita

Keywords:

Error, mistake, clinical elicitation research, incidental sample (en)
Error, equivocación, investigación a través de elicitación clínica, muestra incidental (es)

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  • David Alberto Londoño Vásquez Institución Universitaria de Envigado

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.

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.

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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

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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: 26 dec. 2025.

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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.

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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: 26 December 2025).

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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.

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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 December 26, 2025. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10619.

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Londoño Vásquez DA. Error Analysis in a Written Composition. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. [Internet]. 2008 Jul. 1 [cited 2025 Dec. 26];10(1):135-46. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10619

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