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Abstract. The author conducts the critical analysis of the term speech error that is widely used in modern linguistics and causes some doubts about the appropriateness of its traditional use in the practice of the Russian language teaching, as well as presents the comment on the most adequate typology of errors made in native speakers' oral and written speech.

Key words and phrases: речевая ошибка, методика преподавания русского языка, типология речевых ошибок, устная речь, письменная речь, языковая норма, правила языка, речевой недочет, speech error, Russian language teaching technique, typology of speech errors, oral speech, written speech, language norm, rules of language, speech fault