Презентация к семинару "Error Correction"

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  Error
  Correction
  
  

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  What is the role of error in language learning?
  What decisions do teachers need to make regarding error correction?
  What techniques can teachers use to correct student errors?
  
  
  Overview
  

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  Student errors are evidence that learning has not taken place.
  Student errors are evidence that learning is taking place.
  Which of these sentences do you most agree with?
  

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  Gaps in knowledge
  Interference (i.e. from L1)
  Developmental errors
  Forgetting
  High demands (responding under time pressure)
  Experimenting with language
  Taking risks
  Why do learners make errors?
  

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  Aims when correcting:
  To help students become more accurate in their language usage
  To build learner confidence
  To raise learner awareness
  To acknowledge achievement & progress
  To meet student/parent expectations
  Why correct students?
  

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  A student makes an error
  
  Decide what kind of error has been made
  Decide whether to deal with it
  Decide when to deal with it
  Decide who will correct
  Decide on an appropriate technique
  Teacher Decisions
  

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  What kind of error?
  Errors
  Lexical
  Grammatical
  Discourse
  Sociocultural
  Phonological
  

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  First decide if it is useful to correct the error
  then
  Correct now or later
  When to correct?
  

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  Who will correct?
  

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  Indicating/correcting errors
  
  Tell the students (eg There’s an error in that sentence)
  Facial expressions
  Gestures
  Finger correction (hold on to the ‘error’ finger – eg the third word)
  Repeat sentences up to the error (eg They looked for a…?
  Echo (with a change of intonation or stress)
  Ask a question (eg Was this last week?)
  Draw a timeline on the board
  Write the problem sentence on the board (for discussion)
  Use the phonemic chart (to point at incorrect phoneme)
  How to correct?
  

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  For an upcoming lesson
  Plan an error correction strategy for each stage of the lesson, and indicate this in the lesson plan
  
  Submit the lesson plan for a brief discussion of why you chose these techniques prior to the lesson
  Follow Up Task