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Errors and Mistakes. BY AKBAR GHAFOURY. Attitudes towards errors and mistakes. Errors are a gift for the class. Tolerance of error and ambiguity’ in language production. The difference between errors and mistakes. -performance error -a failure to utilize a known system correctly
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Errors and Mistakes BY AKBAR GHAFOURY
Attitudestowards errors and mistakes • Errors are a gift for the class. • Tolerance of error and ambiguity’ in language production
The difference between errors and mistakes -performance error -a failure to utilize a known system correctly -native speakers can make mistakes in their first language -because Ss don’t know the correct form -competence of the learner -need to be dealt with by teaching or re-teaching.
Should learners’ mistakes be corrected? Why ? Why not? When ?Which?
Oral error correction 1. Elicitation
Oral error correction 2. Explicit correction
Oral error correction 3. Clarification request
Oral error correction 4. Recast 4. Recast
Oral error correction 5. Repetition
Oral error correction 6. Metalinguistic feedback