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Case Analysis

Latefa Waheeb Ali


H00298281
EDU 2302

Table of contents
Introduction of errors
Error analysis
Data collection samples
Students profile
Evidence of errors
Suggested intervention
Justification
References

Introduction of errors
learners will make mistakes in the process of acquisition, and that process will be impeded
if they do not commit errors and then benefit from various forms of feedback on those
errors.
Errors produced by unwanted forms, transitional forms, or slips of the tongue.

Error analysis

Types of
errors

Competence

Performance

Phonological

Morphological

Lexical

Syntactic

Error analysis

Forms of
errors

Intralingual

Substitution

Permutation

Omission

Addition

Interlingual

Data Collection samples


Date: October 28th 29th, 2015
Writing samples: Sentences
Speaking samples: Descriptions

Students profile
Amna Mohammad

Fatima Abdulla

Mahra Mohammad

School

Al-Andalus Primary School

Al-Andalus Primary School Al-Andalus Primary School

Age

9 yrs. old.

9 yrs. old.

9 yrs. old.

Language

L1: Arabic
L2: English for 4 years

L1: Arabic
L2: English for 4 years

L1: Arabic
L2: English for 4 years

Time of
studying L2

6 hours for a week

6 hours for a week

6 hours for a week

Level

Law

Middle

Middle

Use of L2

Inside the classroom

Inside the classroom

Inside the classroom

Amna
Writing

Speaking

Error
Teacher and girl and boy and water.
Correction
The teacher is writing on the board.
The students are drying the water of
the floor.
1. No space
2. Substitution
3. Omission

Correction
I can see a teacher.
The girl is painting.

Fatima
Writing

Correction
I see a boy, he rides the bike.
The girl is playing jumping rope.
1. No space
2. Substitution
3. Omission

Speaking

Error
I see the she play.

1. Lexical
2. Morphological

Mahra
Writing

Speaking

Correction
The zebra is eating.
The people are taking some photos of
the snake.

Error
She is jumping.
He is play.

1. Substitution
2. Omission
3. Addition

1. Lexical

Suggested intervention
Talk in English all the time.
Using reading classes.
Creating variety types of activities.

Justification
English errors produced by speakers from eleven different language backgrounds and
classified them by their linguistic type.
Writing: there were some words with missing letters, substitute the letters, and adding
words. Also, using capitalization at the beginning of the sentences.
Speaking: translating sentences, changing the order of the sentences.

References
Heydari, P., & Bagheri, M. (2012, August). Error Analysis: Sources of L2 Learners Errors.
Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 2(8), 1583-1584. doi:10.4304/tpls.2.8.15831589
Kaani, L. (2014, August). Grammatical mistakes of Albanian students in learning English
as a foreign language. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 5(19), 325.
doi:10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n19p323
Touchie, H. Y. (1986). SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING ERRORS. 8(1), 76-77.
Writing Error Pattern Analysis. (2006-2015). Retrieved November 15, 2015, from Teaching
@ CSU: http://teaching.colostate.edu/guides/erroranalysis/

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