Abstract

This work deals with a brief study case about the error analysis study carried out at the Catholic University of Temuco, Chile in 2014. It focuses on the analysis of conversations between two EFL learners and one English native speaker from the UniversidadCatólica de Temuco, Chile. The main purpose is to understanding all kind of language errors committed by English L2 learners and to explaining several communication strategies they use when trying to solve those communicative problems. Some interviews were transcribed in order to analyze Spanish speakers’ errors when speaking English. The analysis was carried out by considering several communicative strategies that L2 English learners use when speaking in their target language. To conclude, it can be pointed out that, at the moment of establishing a conversation, an EFL learner is more worried about avoiding mistakes than correcting them or using alternative linguistic systems.