Resumen de Types of Errors Made by French-Speaking Learners of Catalan on a B1 (Threshold) Test

Anna Joan Casademont

• This research addresses different types of errors made by francophone intermediate learners of Catalan (Threshold level, B1) in written productions. The aims of this study were three: (a) to identify error patterns, (b) to test the typology of errors we proposed, and (c) to elaborate pedagogical strategies to support students whose first language is French in learning Catalan at an intermediate level. The study therefore tracked error patterns in a corpus of written essays during a Catalan official exam conducted by the Ramon Llull Institute. Errors were analyzed and classified following descriptive and etiological criteria. Using a descriptive approach, this article reports quantitative and qualitative findings and implications in order to recommend optimized practices for teaching and learning Catalan.