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ERROR
1) (Signal ungrammatical
output with an * preceding
the sample) * There are
more persons in your
team? (Oral)
2) * Our first game is the
14th July 1989 (Oral)

3) * One friend tell me the

name and I like it (as
regards why theyve
chosen a particular name
for their band) (Oral)
4) * Won the award in 2010
(Oral)

ERRORS CLASIFICATION
TYPE OF ERROR

Local error: the portion of speech affected

can be easily identified and corrected.
Ordering: theres a misorder of the words at
the sentence level as regards question
form.
Local error
Selection: selection of the wrong verb tense
(*is instead of was). This error may be
induced by interlingual transfer or
generalization. Why do you think so? I
wouldnt be so sure. The linguistic context
might be playing a role there. I mean, the
time expression might show the notion of
past time, and then the verb form is
omitted.
Local error
Selection: selection of the wrong verb tense
(* tell and * like instead of told and
liked respectively). This error may be
induced by interlingual transfer or
generalization. Same comment as above.
Local error
Omission: the subject of the sentence is
ommmited because of its complexity in
production. This may be due to an L1
transfer.

CORRECTION
Are there more persons in your
team?

Our first game was on the 14th

July 1989.

One friend told me the name

and I liked it.

He won the award in 2010.

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5) * She is for introducing

someone (Oral)

Local error
Selection: selection of the wrong structure
(* she is instead of this is to introduce
someone). This error may be induced by
interlingual transfer or generalization.
6) * I decided (to start
Local error
singing) when Im 8 years Selection: selection of the wrong verb tense
old (Oral)
(* am instead of was). This error may
be induced by interlingual transfer or
generalization. Same comment as above.
7) * She play the guitar, *she Local error
dont talk (Oral) (referring Omission: the 3rd person singular s
to the girl sitting next to
morpheme is omitted when using the
her)
Simple Present Tense, probably due to its
complexity/redundancy.
Selection: selection of the wrong structure
auxiliary (* dont instead of doesnt).
This error may be induced by interlingual
transfer or generalization. Its likely to be
intralingual, in fact. Check the order of
acquition of morphemes in the bibliography
provided.
Omission: the morphome /s/ is omitted by
the learner because of their complexity in
production. See formulation above.
8) * How many years have
Local error
your band? (Oral)
Selection: selection of the wrong structure
(*have instead of is for talking about

This is

I decided when I was 8 years

old.

She plays the guitar,

she doesnt talk.

How old is your band?

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9) * How much persons go to

your concerts? (Oral)

10) * I am /nvjus/ (Oral)

11) */skd/ /estdd/

/wtd/ /mnt/ /dnt/

/rlksd/ /mf/ The use
of /f/ instead of // is no
longer considered an error.

12) * It is a /eskt/ (Oral)

13) * Yesterday, I /estdd/
(Oral)

age). This error may be induced by

interlingual transfer or generalization.
Local error
Selection: selection of the wrong
vocabulary item (many instead of much
The other way about). This error may be
induced by interlingual transfer or
generalization.
Local error
Selection: selection of the wrong phoneme.
This error may be characterized by
interlingual transfer, the learner
substituting a familiar phoneme from the
mother tongue for a target phoneme that is
difficult to pronounce. Some are addition
errors (*/skd/ /estdd/ /wtd/
/rlksd/) Theres epenthesis in all these
cases.
Local error
Addition: the learner adds a redudant
phoneme /e/ to the word. This is called
epenthesis, the insertion of an additional
vowel. The pronunciation of the consonant
cluster at the beginning of the word is
difficult to achieve by learners of Spanish.
This is due to the fact that in Spanish,
theres a different distribution of the
consonants in such clusters syllables an not

How many persons go to your

concerts?

I am /nvs/.
/skt/ /stdd/ /wtt/ /mn/
/ddnt/ /rlkst/ /m/

It is a /skt/
Yesterday, I /stdd/

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14) * I have 14 years old

(Oral)

15) * I see a movie (Oral)

(when talking about what
he did at the weekend)
16) * When you started to
sing? (Oral)

17) * Yesterday, I played

cestoball match (Oral)

18) * My favorite teacher

was friendly but she was
funny (Written)
19) * She didnt funny

a word starts with the consonant cluster

/sk/ in this case. So, the Spanish speaker
adds the additional phoneme /e/ to follow
the rules of vowel harmony syllable
structure in their mother tongue.
Local error
Selection: selection of the wrong structure
(*have instead of am) due to L1
transfer or strategy of approximation. How
do you mean?
Local error
Selection: selection of the wrong tense
(*see instead of saw).
Local Error
Omission: the auxiliary did is ommited by
the learner because of its complexity in
production.
Addition: addition of a redundant element
(ed ending) to a past simple question
form.
Local Error
Omission: the article a is ommited
probably due to the complexity of its
poduction.
Local error
Selection: selection of the wrong
vocabulary item.
Local error

I am 14 years old.

I saw a movie.

When did you started to sing?

Yesterday, I played a cestoball

match.

My favorite teacher was friendly

and she was funny.
She wasnt funny.

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(Written)

20) * We didnt can play

very well (Oral)

21) * What do this mean?

(Oral)

Selection: selection of the wrong structure

(* didnt instead of wasnt). This may be
due to interlingual intralingual trasnfer or
generalization.
We couldnt play very well.
Local error
Selection: selection of the wrong structure
(* didnt instead of couldnt). This may
be due to interlingual intralingual trasnfer
or generalization.
Addition: addition of the redundant element
can to express ability.
What does this mean?
Local error
Omission: omission of the es ending in do
in a sentence that refers to a thing (this).
Selection of the wrong auxiliary verb.