Error Patterns as Learning Sources in ESP
Error Patterns as Learning Sources in ESP

Summary/Abstract: One of the greatest tributes teachers must pay to error patterns is thatthey represent an invaluable source of learning both for the teacher and for the students. Ifreflected upon, students’ error patterns may disclose a fault in their system of thought, inthe inner workings of their language organization system. It may be perceived as asymptom on the basis of which a diagnosis can be made and a treatment indicated. Thispaper tries to investigate some concrete sources of errors in ESP classes and to forwardsome active measures available to teachers in correcting errors. In this sense, we shallanalyze the typology, pragmatics and usefulness of error patterns in the attempt toincorporate them in teaching and learning during ESP classes.

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