Error Analysis and Foreign Language Teaching

English is considered as a foreign language instead of a second language in China, but language learning has a lot in common. As a non - English major college teacher, this thesis is intended to have an analysis of the common errors made by non - English major college students and try to detect their possible sources which mirrors the strategies that learners use to acquire a language, and make an present some suggestions on how to avoid certain kinds of errors for the attempt to language learners.