Error Analysis of Errors Committed by Matric and Intermediate Students at Gujranwala, Pakistan

Abstract

In Second language Acquisition, error analysis is an obligatory topic in the Linguistics Field. Errors are a common part of language learning because learners of a second language are not usually knowledgeable about the sentence structure and some basic rules of the English language. Basic purpose of Error analysis is how learners make mistakes and how researchers can help them by finding their mistakes. There are two main methods for studying learner mistakes: and error analysis. Contrastive error and Error Analysis. These both are branches of applied linguistics science. This paper study is conducted to investigate the errors or mistakes conducted by students of schools and colleges of Gujranwala, Pakistan. They were expected to compose an English essay. Forty participants participated in this study of which fifteen were males and twenty-five were females. The most frequent error was in the use of sentence structure because both Urdu and English languages have their distinct sort of Sentence structure and language use. There were also some common spelling errors. Finally, the researcher suggested performing a second study to look into further writing errors made by Pakistani English language learners.