Unit 29:Categorising learners' mistakes

Unit 29:Categorising learners' mistakes

1. How do we categorise learners' mistakes?

   • L1 interference
     • Students not using the correct form of the language.
     • Students not making their message clear.
   • Stage of the learner's development.

2. Categorise learners' mistakes.

   • Oral mistakes
     • The mistakes here are in different kinds of accuracy.
       • Grammatical mistakes
       • Pronunciation mistakes
   • Written mistakes
     • In writing the mistakes are
       • Grammatical
       • Lexical
       • Spelling

3. Key concepts and the language teaching classroom

   • We need to think carefully about what, how and when we correct.
   • It is possible to use a correction code.
   • How we identify and categorise mistakes influences the way we correct them
   • It is important not only to focus on mistakes of accuracy

4. By: Daniel Hurtado

5. REFERENCES:Spratt. M,.Pulyerness, A, y William, M.(2011). The TKT course: Modules 1,2 and 3. Second Edition.Cambridge , New York.