Name : Muhijra Sartika Misran overgeneralization

Student Number : 20180111024054

Offering :B

Due Date : September 30, 2020

ERROR ANALYSIS

Quiz One

30 09 2020

1. This quiz has 40 questions with a value of 2.5 points for each question. It consists of four parts:
Multiple Choice, True-False, Matching, and Filling in the blanks by choosing from a list of
words.
2. You have 1 hour to complete this quiz(from 11.30 to 12.30)
3. If you send your answer after 12.30 your 2 points will be cut every 5 minutes
4. Write your answers on this exam material.
5. Please send your answer to my Gmail account: izakmorin@gmail.com

A. Multiple Choice: Please put a cross (X) on the correct answer

1. Good morning students! I believe you are already prepared for this quiz. Today is your first quiz on
Error Analysis. You have learned this subject for two lectures so far. We already talked about differences
between mistakes and errors when a communicative exchange happens. So, someone makes mistakes
when speaking or writing because of ……

a. slips or lapse in performance c. lack of competence

b. inadequate in competence d. seriousness in performance

2. Someone makes errors when speaking or writing because of………

a. slips or lapse in performance c. lack of performance

b. inadequate in competence d. seriousness in performance

3. When you learn a new language your mistakes ….

a. can be corrected by yourself c. cannot be corrected by yourself

b. can be repeated by yourself d. cannot be repeated by yourself

4. When you learn a new language your errors ….

a. can be corrected by yourself c. cannot be corrected by yourself

b. can be repeated by yourself d. cannot be repeated by yourself

5. Local errors involve noun and verb inflections, and the use of articles, prepositions, and auxiliaries so
they……..
a. do not obstruct communication and understanding the meaning of an utterance.
b. hinder communication and understanding the meaning of an utterance.
c. create misunderstanding between the speaker and the listener in their communication
d. cannot be corrected by the speaker.

6. Error Analysis is …….

a. the investigation of the language of the first language learners

b. the examination of the language of the second language learners
c. the exploration of the native language of the second language learners
d. the study of the language of the first language learners

7. Error Analysis is an important source of information to teachers because …

a. it helps teachers to correct students’ errors c. it provides information on teachers’ errors

b. it helps students to correct teachers’ errors d. it improves the presence of students in the class

8. Error Analysis plays a significant role in teaching English as a second language in Indonesia because…

a. it helps teachers avoid the most common errors

b. it assesses the remedial work necessary for English teachers to attend a test
c. it helps students avoid the most common errors
d. it improves the presence of students in the class

9. Corder (1981) suggests that there are two justifications for studying learners’ errors. One of them is …

a. its relevance to language learning c. its relevance to the first language

b. its relevance to language teaching d. its relevance to the second language

10. Corder (1974) proposes two objects of error analysis:

a. theoretical object and applied object c. research object and observation object
b. theoretical object and abstract object d. applied object and non-applied object

B. True-False: Please put a cross (X) on T if the statement is true and on F if the statement is false.

11. T – F Corder (1974) suggests that the theoretical object is about what and how a learner learns when
he/she studies a second language
12. T – F Performance errorsare not serious and can be overcome with little effort by the learner
13. T – F Competence errors are not serious than performance errors
14. T – F Global errors do not interfere with communication and disrupt the meaning of utterances.
15. T – F Local and global errors are terminologies from Burt and Kiparsky (1974)
16. T – F Performance errors are those errors made by learners when they are tired or hurried.
17. T – F According to Corder (1974) Error Analysis is an investigation of the language of the native
language learners
18. T – FMichaelides (1990) states that Error Analysis improves the effectiveness of teachers in teaching
a second language.
19. T – F One of the two justifications for studying learner’s errors is due to its relevance to language
teaching
20. T – FThe first step in analysing language errors is to correct the learner’s errors.

C. Matching: Please match the statements in Group A with the phrases in Group B. Write the letter
(alphabet) as your correct choice together with the phrases in the space provided in your answer sheet.
Group A Group B
21. These are two types of errors (i) a. syntactic error
22. “I want to drink some malaria tablets” (g) b. simplification
23. “John sick so he absent today” (a) c. intralingual errors
24. Errors due to the influence of the native language (j) d. justification of EA
25. Learners often choose simple forms and constructions instead of e. models for EA
more complex ones. (b) f. misordering
26. This analysis helps teacher to correct students’errors. (l) g. lexical error
27. The study of the language acquisition process. (d) h. addition
28. Collecting, identifying, describing, explaining, and evaluating. (e) i. performance errors
29. Putting words in a wrong order. (f) and competence
30. The presence of an item that must not appear in well-formed j. interlingual errors
Utterances (h) k. omission
l. Error Analysis

D. Fill in the blanks: Please fill in the blank in each sentence by choosing an appropriate word from the
list of words in the box below.

omission, overgeneralization, applied object, fossilization, avoidance, simplification, remedial,

inadequate learning, intelligibility, misinformation, pedagogical, proficiency

31.Errors that persist for long periods and become quite difficult to get rid of. We call this fossilization
errors.
32. “I buyed this book yesterday” is an example of overgeneralization
33. “John sick so he absent today” is an example of avoidance
34. Errors relevant to a pedagogical focus should receive more attention from the teacher than other
errors.
35. Teachers should correct errors affecting intelligibility
36. Error Analysis helps to find out the level of language proficiency the learner has reached.
37. Significance of EA is to help teachers assess the remedial work
38. The applied object enables the learners to learn more efficiently by manipulating knowledge of
his/her vernacular for academic purposes
39. The category of ommission is about leaving out items which are required for grammatical
correctness.
40. Use of one grammatical form instead of another. We call this misinformation category.

Thank you

I wish you all the best!