Spelling error corpora can be collected from students＇ written essays, homework, dictations, translations, tests and lecture notes. Spelling errors can be classified into whole word errors, faulty graphemes and fault...Spelling error corpora can be collected from students＇ written essays, homework, dictations, translations, tests and lecture notes. Spelling errors can be classified into whole word errors, faulty graphemes and faulty phonemes in which graphemes are deleted, added, reversed or substituted. They can be used for identifying phonological and orthographic problems; spelling strategies that EFL students use in spelling English; spelling error causes or sources and relationship between spelling and decoding weaknesses. The paper gives examples of spelling errors and shows how spelling errors are quantified. Recommendations for remediation are also given.展开更多
Before cognitive approach came into being in the 1960s, errors in L2 learning were always regarded as signs of failure which needed immediate attention from the teacher. By analyzing a student＇s writing, this paper t...Before cognitive approach came into being in the 1960s, errors in L2 learning were always regarded as signs of failure which needed immediate attention from the teacher. By analyzing a student＇s writing, this paper tries to elaborate on the roles that errors can play in L2 learning process.展开更多
文摘Spelling error corpora can be collected from students＇ written essays, homework, dictations, translations, tests and lecture notes. Spelling errors can be classified into whole word errors, faulty graphemes and faulty phonemes in which graphemes are deleted, added, reversed or substituted. They can be used for identifying phonological and orthographic problems; spelling strategies that EFL students use in spelling English; spelling error causes or sources and relationship between spelling and decoding weaknesses. The paper gives examples of spelling errors and shows how spelling errors are quantified. Recommendations for remediation are also given.
文摘Before cognitive approach came into being in the 1960s, errors in L2 learning were always regarded as signs of failure which needed immediate attention from the teacher. By analyzing a student＇s writing, this paper tries to elaborate on the roles that errors can play in L2 learning process.
