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Erorr Corection

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occurs when students know the correct language but incorrectly retrieve it from memory.

Mistake Erroroccurs when students have incorrectly learned or dont yet know the correct language.

English words borrowed by other languages are the most common source of mis-learned English.

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Ways of Correcting Self-correction

Peer correction

Teacher correction

Most common mistakes ?

Ways of CorrectingREFORMULATIONCLARIFICATION REQUESTORAL ELICITATIONEXPLICIT CORRECTIONMETALINGUISTIC FEEDBACKECHOING / REPITITIONELICITATION THROUGH GESTURE / SIGNPOSTINGDELAYED

Ways of CorrectingREFORMULATION: Repeat correctly what the S has said, with no specific focus on correctionCLARIFICATION REQUEST: Ask S to repeat what they have saidORAL ELICITATION: Repeat the correct part of the utterance and prompt S to reformulateEXPLICIT CORRECTION: Tell S that the utterance was incorrect and provide the correct formMETALINGUISTIC FEEDBACK: Give a hint as to why the utterance was incorrectECHOING / REPITITION: Repeat the error, with questioning intonation, to highlight itELICITATION THROUGH GESTURE / SIGNPOSTING: Use a simple facial expression or hand movement to show the S is wrong

SIGNPOSTINGhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znswuO4goYg

SIGNPOSTING

Delayed error correction Put a mistake incontextso that its more difficult to spot it at once:e.g.I very like my new dress that I bought yesterday.

Erasean error to make students think of a suitable option:e.g.Now he is married ____ Jane.

Encourage saying the same thingsin another way:e.g.l like sports.I am _____ on sports.I am _____sports.I am _____ of sports.Write a mistake in aphonetic transcript;

Use a voicerecorderwith every pair or small group of students and at the end ask to exchange the recordings with other groups, let them listen and write out all the mistakes; you might also like to provide learners with a chart or other form of categorization:

Mix up students wrong speech patterns with some immaculate sentences and playcasinogame where students put a particular sum of money on bet and get it doubled when their bid wins and lose everything in case its wrong;e.g. http://www.mes-english.com/games/grammarcasino.php

Prepare a set of error-filled and correct sentences and stick them around the classroom thenext lesson, assign students to collect only the faultless ones;

Collect mistakes to makekinesthetic correction activitywhen students have to jump to the right side when the sentence you say is correct and to the left if its wrong;

Remember topraisegood language

Correction of written work

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To sum upMistake or Error?Accuracy or Fluency?

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