Lexical and grammatical errors in ecuateletandem spoken interactions

This quantitative research aims at analysing lexical and grammatical errors made by fifth-semester students from the National and Foreign Languages Pedagogy program at Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi during ECUATELETANDEM (teletandem) spoken interactions with partners from the University of Miami. Data from nine students were categorized through an error analysis procedure based on transcription online recorded sessions. Errors were classified using different taxonomies. The results showed that the most common grammatical error committed was misinformation, followed by omission, addition and misordering. Regarding lexical errors, the most recurrent category was distortions, followed by formal miselection errors and misformations. Concerning sources, grammatical errors were mainly intralingua, whereas lexical errors were mostly interlingua. Findings highlight that students need focused language preparation and systematic corrective feedback to reduce grammatical and lexical errors and improve accuracy in spoken interactions.