Unit 11 Role of Error

Importance of the role of error

Making mistakes is always important when learning a language because we correct the errors and improve every time.  Students make mistakes when something is beyond their level but there are also slips that come from lack of concentration because students are not paying attention. For instance: error - she do not like movies; slips - he -- she does not like movies. Student corrected the mistake so it is a slip. Also students tend to overgeneralize rules like in the past, so they have to just study and check the rules and of course practice in order to correct that. There is also fossilisation, this is when students keep their mistakes and do not correct them. As there is a negative side of errors, there is also a positive side: the self-correction which make students better learners and speakers.

How to teach the role of error

I consider this is not to be really taught but we as teachers need to give students lots of activities in which they can receive feedback and also let them correct themselves in an oral presentation. In this way students will analyse their errors and correct them, the teacher can also use rubrics where he/she can write the specific errors in any area so students visualize, analyze and practice in order not to make them again.

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