An Analysis of Mistakes in Written Assignments of Students of German

AbstractProblem statement: An analysis of mistakes in written assignments of students is being undertaken as a pilot study in a project concerned with the correction of errors by teachers.Research questions: What mistakes do students of German as a foreign language make in their written assignments? What types of errors are made most frequently?Purpose of the studyThe aim of this study is to present the research project along with its preliminary findings. The project is based on the analysis of types and frequency of mistakes made by students of German as a foreign language in their written assignments.Research methods:-Analysis of mistakes in written assignments made by students of the German language-Categorization of mistakes-Statistical processing of dataFindingsThe research is being carried out now and the data will be analysed by autumn 2014.ConclusionsFinal conclusions will be presented after the completion of the analysis