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'To Err is Human': Error Analysis and Child Language Acquisition.

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Gorbet, Frances – English Language Teaching Journal, 1979

Discusses the value of classifying the errors adult language learners make and of comparing them to errors made by children. It is suggested that teachers correct student errors in the same way parents correct children's errors in order to encourage successful learning. (CFM)

Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Child Language, Cognitive Processes