Language Error from Western Scholar Perspectives

This study examined the concept of language error from the perspective of Western scholars. The design of this study was the content analysis approach. Document analysis methods explained the views of Western scholars. Language teaching and learning are critical in schools and higher learning institutions globally. Humans communicate orally and in writing by making language an intermediary medium. Relevant use of language according to the situation will promote the understanding of the listener or reader. Incompetent language use includes several language mistakes and induces constraints in reading a message in detail. Language error and language mistakes are two phrases that language scholars extensively discuss. The conclusions of the study confirmed that first language speakers and second language speakers perform language errors Additionally, the study outcomes indicated that language error in writing or speech is inevitable by first and second language speakers. The summaries also revealed that language error could be overcome through language teaching and learning in an arranged and methodical practices.