Fossilization and Acquisition: A Study of Learner Language
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This cross-sectional study examined the most frequent grammar errors made by 159 EFL college students. The data consisted of eight sets of writing samples produced either in class or out of class as part of the regular course activities. They were evaluated, and the errors were classified according to an error taxonomy. Results indicate that although the frequency of certain errors increases and decreases unpredictably across levels, errors pertaining to subject omission, subject verb agreement and negative forms tend to be more common in beginners. Furthermore, errors related to the use of articles and prepositions and incorrect verb forms were the most frequent categories across levels.
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Errors concerning the use of articles and prepositions, and incorrect verb forms, were the most common categories across all levels.
“Also, errors concerning the use of articles and prepositions, and incorrect verb forms, were the most common categories across all levels.”
From Overcoming error fossilization in academic writing: strategies for Saudi EFL learners to move beyond the plateau (2024) · cites this paper as Hasbún (2007)
Hasbún (2007) reported that while some errors occur more frequently at different levels in an unpredictable manner, mistakes involving subject omission, subject-verb agreement, and negative forms are more prevalent among beginners.
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- Authors
- Hasbún Hasbún, L.
- Venue
- Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica
- Publisher
- Universidad de Costa Rica
- Published
- 2008-05-10
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 113
- ISSN
- 0377-628X (ISSN-L)
- 2215-2628
- OpenAlex
- W2101057267
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 3.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- es
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica (publishedVersion)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion)
- Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México) (submittedVersion)
- Investigative News in Education (Universidad de Costa Rica) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Linguistics and Language Analysis
- Keywords
- fossilization, second language acquisition, interlanguage, language learning
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