The Objective of Study
errors.”
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Gorbet also explains that, “The basic task of error analysis is to describe
how learning occurs by examining the learner’s „output’.”
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James furthermore argues that,
“Error analysis is the process of determining the incidence, nature, causes and consequences of unsuccessful language.”
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It seems that the use EA is such a tool that investigates student’s learning process in acquiring second
language by identifying, describing, analyzing, and explaining the learner’s error.
It can be concluded that the presence of EA was to explain what CA cannot predict about learners’ error. CA considered error as interference of mother
tongue affected by behaviorist theory and lasting until late sixties. EA which regarded error was not only because of the learner
’s native language but also it re
flected some universal learning strategies, is as a tool to investigate the learner’s error in acquiring language which consists of identifying, describing, analyzing,
and explaining the errors.