Induced errors - sources and pedagogical deductions

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, University of Potsdam (Institut fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: HS: Errors in Second Language Learning, language: English, abstract: The following work discusses a specific type of error in the second language classroom - induced errors. Regarding this category of error a wide range of reasons can elicit their committal. A definition of the term induced errors as well as a description of its distinctive features will be provided before the different types of errors and their sources are going to be discussed in detail. Since the course Errors in Second Language Learning was designed for future teachers, the section on induced errors and their sources will be followed by pedagogical deductions concerning the avoidance or at least reduction of induced errors.