Description of errors

A number of different categories for describing errors have been identified. But
Dulay, Burt and Krashen(1982) categorize and describe the idea most clearly. To
them, errors fall into four categories:
1. Omission: it is the absence of an item that must appear in a well formed
utterance for example, to say �She * sleeping�.
2. Addition: it is the presence of an item that must not appear in a well formed
utterance for example, to say �He retuned backthere�.
3. Misinformation: it is the use of the wrong form of the morpheme or structure for
example, to say �the dog eatedthe chicken�.
4. Misordering: it is the incorrect placement of a morpheme or a group of
morphemes in an utterance such as �What he is doing?�

According toCordererrors fall into four categories:

1.omission of some required element;
2.addition of some unnecessary or incorrect element;
3. selection of an incorrect element; and
4.misordering of the elements.

Limitations/draw backs of Error Analysis:

Dr. M. Maniruzzaman points out four major limitations of Error analysis. They are
given bellow
1.Cordr�s distinction between errors of competence and errors of performance is by
no mean clear-cut as for example:

He induced me to John (intended:introduced)

In this case, the verb form used is found to be an error of performance because of
syllabic deletion or an error of competence because of phonetic similarity.