Variability in Learner Errors as a Reflection of the CLT Paradigm Shift

In the last three decades the field of language teaching and learning has undergone a paradigm shift towards Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), which has put an emphasis on meaningful interaction and implied an abrupt departure from an extensive study of learner errors. Although learners in CLT classes are expected to be competent, yet not perfectly accurate communicators, the impact of the CLT paradigm on learner errors has not been investigated thoroughly. This study examines the extent to which the CLT paradigm shift has left its mark on learner errors. Written production is analyzed and compared with learner data recorded in the early stages of the shift to CLT. The data reveal that while morphosyntactic errors have not undergone drastic changes, discourse organization and lexical skills have improved.\nVariability in Learner Errors as a Reflection of the CLT Paradigm Shift 1st Edition is written by Joanna Pfingsthorn and published by Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. ISBNs for Variability in Learner Errors as a Reflection of the CLT Paradigm Shift are 9783653027723, 3653027721 and the print ISBNs are 9783631638040, 3631638043.