TY  - BOOK
AU  - Joanna Pfingsthorn
PY  - 2013
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653027723
TI  - Variability in Learner Errors as a Reflection of the CLT Paradigm Shift
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-02772-3
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1047238
N2  - In the last three decades the field of language teaching and learning has undergone a paradigm shift towards Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), which has put an emphasis on meaningful interaction and implied an abrupt departure from an extensive study of learner errors. Although learners in CLT classes are expected to be competent, yet not perfectly accurate communicators, the impact of the CLT paradigm on learner errors has not been investigated thoroughly. This study examines the extent to which the CLT paradigm shift has left its mark on learner errors. Written production is analyzed and compared with learner data recorded in the early stages of the shift to CLT. The data reveal that while morphosyntactic errors have not undergone drastic changes, discourse organization and lexical skills have improved.
KW  - Fehleranalyse, Kommunikative Kompetenz, Kommunikativer Ansatz, morphosyntactic errors
LA  - English
ER  -