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The Difference Between Contrastive Analysis and Error Analysis

Contrastive analysis looks at differences between a learner's native language and target language to broadly predict errors, but lacks methodological framework. Error analysis examines errors in a learner's language to investigate acquisition through a narrow and methodological analysis. Error analysis was created in the 1970s to provide a framework for studying learner language and second language acquisition by focusing only on the target language and learner's production, not their native language.

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The Difference Between Contrastive Analysis and Error Analysis

Contrastive analysis looks at differences between a learner's native language and target language to broadly predict errors, but lacks methodological framework. Error analysis examines errors in a learner's language to investigate acquisition through a narrow and methodological analysis. Error analysis was created in the 1970s to provide a framework for studying learner language and second language acquisition by focusing only on the target language and learner's production, not their native language.

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The difference between Contrastive Analysis and Error Analysis

Contrastive Analysis Errors made due to interference of learners' native language habit into L2 Look at learners' native language and target language Lacks methodology and theorical framework Broad

Error Analysis Errors made due to linguistic differences between learners L1 and target language Look at learners' language and L2 acquisition Have specific methodology Narrow

Sought to predict the error that learner make by Method to investigate the target language of identifying the linguistic different between the learner. their L1 and L2. Look only at learners' L1 and TL. Constitute appropriate starting point for study of learner language and L2 acquisition. Created in early 1970.

Created earlier than 1970.

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