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par Carolina Enriquez Il y a 4 années

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ESL Error Correction: Criteria and Techniques

When teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), instructors employ various techniques for error correction to enhance learning and communication. Techniques include using body language to provide non-verbal cues, explicit correction where teachers directly provide the correct forms, and elicitation which involves encouraging students to self-correct their mistakes.

ESL Error Correction: Criteria and Techniques

ESL Error Correction: Criteria and Techniques

Techniques

Negotiation
Offering the student metalinguistic clues and/or asking for clarification.
Body Language
Non-verbal cues that do not interrupt the students' attempt to produce target language.
Explicit Correction
Providing the student the correct form (correction).
Peer Correction
Learners are encouraged to help each other identify errors and correct them.
Elicitation
Encourage the learners in identifying and correcting their own errors.

Criteria

Consistency
To attend to the error in a consistent and persistent manner helps teachers avoid reacting emotionally to students' errors.
Student's Needs
The most struggling students should receive correction only when they make major errors.
Exposure
It is unfair to penalize students for errors when they lack exposure to the language.
Seriousness
The error must impede communication before it should be considered an error that necessitates correction.