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Some Practical Tips on Error Correction

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• Volume 4,Issue 6,Nov.,2017

Year:

2017

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Errors, Managing Mistakes, Peer Correction, Tips

Authors:

• Hajrulla, Veneranda

Journal:

IJIRES

Volume:

4

Number:

6

Pages:

635-637

Month:

November

ISSN:

2349-5219

BibTex:

@article{1115, author = "Veneranda Hajrulla", abstract = "Error correction is an essential step in realizing one’s own mistakes and understanding the correct way to say something. When, why and how to correct students errors in the EFL classroom is an issue of concern for every teacher. Some of them think that it is a controversial topic, but on one point they agree; it helps learning. What should we correct, when should we correct it, and how should it be corrected? How do we give students the feedback they need and want to improve without damaging fluency and motivation? There is, unfortunately, no conclusive evidence, but there’s a lot of convincing research that error correction helps learning. EFL teachers always need to be careful of the balance between fluency and accuracy. Why make corrections? For one thing, it’s a positive step. The purpose of this theoretical article is to highlight teacher’s awareness on mistakes, to consider their own attitudes, the classroom behavior, and to help novice teachers overcome the early difficulties when handling mistakes and errors in their classes", issn = "23495219", journal = "IJIRES", keywords = "Errors, Managing Mistakes, Peer Correction, Tips", month = "November", note = "This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/", number = "6", pages = "635-637", title = "{S}ome {P}ractical {T}ips on {E}rror {C}orrection", volume = "4", year = "2017", }

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Abstract:

Error correction is an essential step in realizing one’s own mistakes and understanding the correct way to say something. When, why and how to correct students errors in the EFL classroom is an issue of concern for every teacher. Some of them think that it is a controversial topic, but on one point they agree; it helps learning. What should we correct, when should we correct it, and how should it be corrected? How do we give students the feedback they need and want to improve without damaging fluency and motivation? There is, unfortunately, no conclusive evidence, but there’s a lot of convincing research that error correction helps learning. EFL teachers always need to be careful of the balance between fluency and accuracy. Why make corrections? For one thing, it’s a positive step. The purpose of this theoretical article is to highlight teacher’s awareness on mistakes, to consider their own attitudes, the classroom behavior, and to help novice teachers overcome the early difficulties when handling mistakes and errors in their classes

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