Types of Errors

Spanish learner: "I am sympathetic with your situation"

• verb structure

• preposition error

• false friend

• tense confusion

Italian learner: "I goed to the store yesterday."

• pronunciation

• overgeneralisation

• simplification

• sentence structure

Turkish learner: "The red big ball."

• avoidance

• pronunciation

• false friends

• adjective placement

Answer explanation

Incorrect order of adjectives due to Turkish influence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

Azheri learner: aɪ wɒz wis maɪ ˈbrʌðə

• unstressed sound

• control of individual sound

• intonation

• sentence stress

Answer explanation

Incorrect order of adjectives due to Turkish influence

aɪ ˈəʊnli hæv triː ˈdɒləz

• consonant clusters

• word stress

• intonation

• sentence stress

Answer explanation

Incorrect order of adjectives due to Turkish influence

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Spanish learner: "The table is too heavy, I can't lift her."

• gender interference

• false friend

• word order

• pronunciation

Answer explanation

Incorrect order of adjectives due to Turkish influence

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Vietnamese learner: "She is TEAcher."

• pronunciation

• sentence structure

• simplification

• overgeneralization

Answer explanation

Incorrect order of adjectives due to Turkish influence

"She don't like coffee'

• pronunciation

• overgeneralisation

• avoidance

• conjugation

Answer explanation

Incorrect order of adjectives due to Turkish influence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2C