Error Analysis And Its Influence On China's FLT

This M. A. thesis attempts to investigate the linguistic features and properties of learners' errors on the framework of language acquisition and learning theory, then, basing on a survey of data from www.dl.cnki.net, to discuss the development of Error Analysis (EA) theory in China in the past decade, and further to suggest some approaches to the treatment of errors in the English classroom.Based on the ground thought that errors are indispensable with the learners and necessary for learning, the thesis traces the theoretical bases of the study of learners' errors, and further reviews different schools of research approaches to learners' errors, such as contrastive analysis (CA) and error analysis (EA). Obviously, either CA or EA has its merits and shortcomings.The thesis makes a categorization of common errors made by Chinese learners in the practice of spoken English and writing. Furthermore, the thesis discusses the relationship between accuracy and fluency. Finally, the thesis relates to English teaching the importance of error feedback, simply, error correction. Accordingly, some correction strategies are suggested. However, the correction of learner errors should be well balanced by the educational function or conformity of language. As situation changes, concerns with accuracy or fluency of language should be emphasized or overlooked. Yet at present, the inhibitive or facilitative effects of error feedback are to a great extent dependent on the experience, skill, and ingenuity of language teachers. A great deal of theories and methodologies is...