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Identifying errors and mistakes

I've been collecting errors and mistakes of my English.

Background:
・I studied Second Language Acquisition at the university.
・I want to apply what I learned to my English learning at NOVA.
・I like to take notes because I forget without doing it.

The purpose: To develop accuracy of my English and acquire native sense.

The difference between errors and mistakes:
Errors ・・・×　Knowledge　(Learners　can’t　correct　them.)
"Errors reflect gaps in a learner's knowledge; they occur because the learner does not know what is correct ."[Ellis,Rod]
Mistakes ・・・×　Performance　(Learners　can 　correct　them.)
"Mistakes reflect occasional lapses in performance; they occur because , in a particular instance, the learner is unable to perform what he or she knows."[Ellis,Rod]

Situation:
?Have planning time →　Less mistakes
?Have no planning time →　More　Mistakes　




The methodology:
<Lessons　&　VOICE＞
1.Notice the gap
Target Language ⇔　 Interlanguage
(Native speakers’ English) (My English)

2.Take notes in the back page of my notebook

3.Sort them into Errors & Mistakes.

<Notice the gap>
★By myself
★From Input
★From teachers’ feedback


Consequences:
ØDon’t make the same mistakes.
ØCan remember new words & natural English
ØLessons are fun!
ØGood reminder.



My errors in July:
1. take them off > take them out ( for contacts)
2. from the scratch>from scratch
3. emerald sea>green sea
4. Do you have anything that Japanese people have but you don't have?>
I forgot the natural English that the teacher said
5. outsourcing companies>temp agencies
6. make redundant on him> make him redundant
7. nostril fidgeting>picking one's nose

My mistakes in July:
1. a vegetarian>a vegetable ( meaning a person in comma)
2. reba>liver(pronunciation)
3. .....>a good reminder ( It took a long time to remember this word)
4. fell down on the floor>fell down on the ground
5. hospitals>clinics or doctors
6. I was surprised>I was amazed.(More natural)
7. more green>greener
8. .....>most of the ( avoiding over generalization)
9. Nagasaki have >Nagasaki has
10. I don't like playing roles>I don't like role playing
11. arrows>spears
12. exterior calls>external calls
13. interior calls>internal calls
14. more spicy>spicier
15. Things in which famous department stores were expensive.>
Things in famous department stores were expensive.
16. a shift work>shift work
17. in my blog >on my blog
18. contradiction>contraction( meaning the shortened word)