Met 5 Error correction

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Errors often show us that a student is experimenting with language, trying out ideas, taking risks, attempting to communicate, and making progress.

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Errors are categorized in a number of ways; for example, in terms of the language system that is involved: pronunciation, vocabulary (lexis), grammar, or discourse.

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Students learn more effectively if they are guided in such a way that they eventually correct themselves rather than if they are given the correct version of something straight away.

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• False

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There is some vacant land near your school. You are discussing with your students (in English) what should be done with it. You want them to give interesting ideas. Is it correct for the teacher to correct on the spot every single error the students make?

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You have just presented a number of verbs with irregular past tense forms. Now you want them to practice them using a simple picture story. Is it correct for the teacher to correct the students’ errors the following class?

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• False

In modern teaching, errors must be avoided at all times.

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If neither self-correction nor student-student correction is effective, the teacher must assume that either the student hasn’t understood what he / she is getting at or the student doesn’t know what the correct version should be.

• True

• False