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error gravity: a standalone construct

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Second language acquisition

how serious readers or teachers judge particular second language errors to be, which varies by error type.

In second language acquisition, error gravity refers to how serious readers or teachers judge particular second language errors to be, which varies by error type. This meaning comes from Vann (1984) in TESOL Quarterly.[1]

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References

Vann, R. J., Meyer, D. E., & Lorenz, F. O. (1984). Error Gravity: A Study of Faculty Opinion of ESL Errors. TESOL Quarterly, 18(3), 427. https://doi.org/10.2307/3586713

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