错误分析理论及其在外语教学中的作用

错误分析是多学科研究的对象,从它兴起的那一天起,就受到学者们的高度重视,特别是20世纪70年代以来,研究它的学科不断增加,越来越多的研究者不仅研究其理论本身,而且研究该理论对外语教学所产生的影响和作用,本文正是基于这个目的而开展讨论的.

Error Analysis and Its Implication for the Teaching of Foreign Language in China

The second language learner's errors are potentially important for the understanding of the processes of second language acquisition,and consequently the planning of courses incorporating the psychology of second language learning is a current focus in the literature on modern language teaching.More and more second language teachers have become aware of the long_term value of Error Analysis as a chief means of assessing the students' learning in general.Recently,more and more Chinese researchers and foreign language teachers pay much attention to the study of Error Analysis and how to apply its findings to foreign language teaching in China.This paper mainly discusses the development of Error Analysis theory and its implication for the teaching of foreign language in China.