Computer-aided error analysis for researching Baltic interlanguage
2017
Znotina, I., Riga Stradins Univ. (Latvia);Liepaja Univ. (Latvia);Ventspils Univ. College (Latvia)
In teaching and learning languages, error analysis as a methodology has been criticized by many scholars. However, errors have also been noted as an important part of interlanguage which should not be ignored if the aim is to improve learners' language skills. A part of the issues can be solved by using an error-annotated learner corpus for computer-aided error analysis, and one such corpus is being built for Baltic languages. It contains texts written by beginner learners of the second Baltic language (Latvian for Lithuanians and Lithuanian for Latvians), therefore, the variety of language represented in it could be called the Baltic interlanguage. The texts are annotated for errors using an error taxonomy created for Baltic languages. It is an attempt to address one of the main problems in error analysis – inconsistency in error taxonomies. The article shows how the corpus can be used in order to achieve a deeper understanding of factors that affect learning the second Baltic language for adults. Its aim is to describe main methodological steps by exploring the corpus as well as to acknowledge some of its limitations.
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