A Review of Key Research on Error Analysis Related to the Use of the Article in the Interlanguage of Spanish L2 Students Who Speak Slavic and Baltic Languages (1991-2025)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to systematically review research on error analysis related to the use of articles in written texts produced by SL students of Spanish whose first languages are Slavic and Baltic (which lack this grammatical category), published between 1991 and 2025. The review is based on the description of the methodology and error taxonomy, as well as the corpus and the profile of the participants, with the objectives of (1) determining whether any common trends exist, identifying the types of errors and the uses and contexts in which they occur, and (2) assessing the suitability of the analytical methodologies employed in the studies. The results indicate that, in most corpora, the definite article poses greater difficulty than the indefinite article, and omission is the most frequent error; however, further analysis of the increase in addition errors from level B onward would be advisable. Finally, the need to standardize methodology in future research to allow for reliable comparisons is confirmed.