ERROR CORRECTION

ERROR CORRECTION

1. DANGERS OF OVER-CORRECTING

   • SS feel less motivated
   • Destroy the flow of the class

2. ASK THE SS HOW THEY WANT TO BE CORRECTED

3. WORKING ON ACCURACY OR FLUENCY?

   • Class discussion
     • Fluency
       • It's not recommendable to focus on all the mistakes
   • Role-play
     • accuracy

4. Self/Peer correction

   • Student- student correction
     • Create a positive class
   • ss corrects by him(herself

5. CORRECTION SLOTS

   • take 'time out'
     • Make a note about the mistake
       • Collect them from all ss while monitoring
         • write them on the board
           • ask ss to correct all of them

6. ON THE SPOT CORRECTION

   • It's ok if you don't destroy the flow
   • Ss sometimes like instant correction

7. NEW OR OLD MISTAKES?

   • To have little tests based on common mistakes
   • Correct themselves writing on their notebooks a little chart
     • Mistake
     • Correction
     • Note