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Induced error was first used by Stenson (1983) to refer to learner errors that result more from the

classroom classification than from either the students incomplete competence in English grammar (intralingual errors) or first language interference (interlingual errors)

Material-induced error Teacher-talk induced error Exercise induced errors Errors induced by pedagogical priorities Look-up errors

Error caused by inappropriate language usage in textbooks. Example: My birthday is on the *tewlfth of March should be a*twelfth

Teacher s should be as good models of the target language. Caused by teachers imprecise explanation Errors occur in the way they speak, write or generally teach the language.

Error occur when students or learners do their exercise Error occur when teacher or textbooks input to the learners in not in itself deviant, Error are induced by the materials from the textbook or teachers explanation providing the learners with example in the form of positive evidence that are not sufficiently homogenous sets. Then, they are also induced by copying.

Gandhi was a politician who led the independence movement in India. 2. Columbus was an explorer who crossed the Atlantic in 1492. 3. Shakespeare was a writer who was born in Stanford in 1567. 4. Einstein was a great physicist who was born in Germany in 1879.
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Caused by teaching practice where the priority is given to fluency, not accuracy and vise versa. Students achievement tends to match other teachers expectations of what they will achieve. Some teachers are perceived by their students to prioritize one of the following: accuracy, fluency, or idiomaticity.

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is a pupil who is unpopular with the other pupils once Fatty was reckless and stepped her shoes. She scolded Fatty was [as blind as a bat]. And other pupils said that she ws [as proud as a peacock] I tried to be friendly to her. Firstly, I assisted her in her Chinese, because she was [as poor as a church mouse]at it at first remained [as cool as cucumber] and later she became [as good as gold].

Look-up errors refer to error resulting from looking up a dictionary or grammar book and choosing wrong item.

Exampe: The final exam was like a piece of cake.

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