Enam's Scholarly Articles on English

Difference between Error and Mistake:  Like, an error a mistake is also a deviation of the norms of the language but is not systematic. Norrish (1983:8) says that a mistake is an inconsistent deviation that is sometimes the learner ‘gets it right’ but sometimes wrong. Richards et.al (1985:95) state that mistake is made by a learner when writing or speaking which is caused by lack of attention, fatigue, carelessness, or other aspects of performance. So we can say that a mistake is made by a learner because he does not apply the rule (s) that he actually knows. Motivation: Like most other fields of learning, in ELT, motivation is a great key to success. Without such motivation we will certainly fail to make the necessary effort. So motivation demands a great importance. Let us know what the motivation is.  At its most basic level, motivation is some kind of internal drive which pushessomeone to do things in order to achieve something.  Longman Dictionary of ...