Errors and compensatory strategies: a study of grammar and vocabulary in texts written by Norwegian learners of English  

Oleh:

Olsen, S.F.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: SYSTEM: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics (Full Text) vol. 27 no. 2 (Jun. 1999), page 191-205.
Topik: Applied linguistics; Learner language; Error analysis; Compensatory strategies
Fulltext: Olsen_S.pdf (145.46KB)

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The article describes a study of English written by Norwegian EFL learners attending dis- trict schools. Language problems on di?erent linguistic levels are analysed and the theory of compensatory strategies is used to explain the process behind the production. The results show that less pro®cient learners have a higher number of grammatical, orthographic and syntactical errors which can be attributed to cross-linguistic in¯uence. It is argued that the learners have had too little exposure to the target language, especially in written form, and improved results could be the outcome if more reading and writing tasks were included in the classroom

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