Identifying, describing and analyzing errors have been seen by many linguists as one of the main ways of investigating L2 acquisition.The present paper will focus on analyzing an advanced English learner' s errors...Identifying, describing and analyzing errors have been seen by many linguists as one of the main ways of investigating L2 acquisition.The present paper will focus on analyzing an advanced English learner' s errors in naturally occurring speech. Firstly, it describes in detail the errors that a Chinese advanced learner made in her first few months' the naturalistic communication, then analyzes the main types and causes of errors.Lastly, there is a conclusion that language errors are caused by the limits of human language (L1/L2) abilities and L2 errors are closely related to L1 interference.展开更多
文摘Identifying, describing and analyzing errors have been seen by many linguists as one of the main ways of investigating L2 acquisition.The present paper will focus on analyzing an advanced English learner' s errors in naturally occurring speech. Firstly, it describes in detail the errors that a Chinese advanced learner made in her first few months' the naturalistic communication, then analyzes the main types and causes of errors.Lastly, there is a conclusion that language errors are caused by the limits of human language (L1/L2) abilities and L2 errors are closely related to L1 interference.