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Error Correction Techniques

This document outlines several correction techniques and activities that teachers can use in the classroom, including facial expressions, pronunciation of the error type, hand gestures, echo correction, using devices, whispers, variable correction, and student checklists. Teachers can use frowns, raised eyebrows, or hand gestures to subtly point out errors without directly correcting. Echoing the mistake with a questioning tone draws attention to it. Hands can indicate missing or extra words. Whispers from behind allow discreet corrections. Varying strictness and asking students' preferences individualizes the approach. Checklists empower student self-monitoring.

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Error Correction Techniques

This document outlines several correction techniques and activities that teachers can use in the classroom, including facial expressions, pronunciation of the error type, hand gestures, echo correction, using devices, whispers, variable correction, and student checklists. Teachers can use frowns, raised eyebrows, or hand gestures to subtly point out errors without directly correcting. Echoing the mistake with a questioning tone draws attention to it. Hands can indicate missing or extra words. Whispers from behind allow discreet corrections. Varying strictness and asking students' preferences individualizes the approach. Checklists empower student self-monitoring.

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UNIT 4 – Error Correc�on Techniques and Ac�vi�es

Here are some correc�on techniques and ac�vi�es you can use in the classroom.

Facial Expression
A facial expression showing doubt (a frown, raised eyebrow or a wobbling hand).

Saying the type of error


For example, tense? or word order? combined with a frown. This draws the student’s a�en�on to
where the error is.

Pronuncia�on Mistakes
You can show how the shape of the mouth should look to elicit a correc�on to a sound. For example,
you might show pursed lips for the ‘shh’ sound.

Use your Hands


Use your fingers as prompts. For example, you might hold up one finger for one missing word. Don’t
tell the students what the word is, but silently draw the word from them. This can also be used when
there are too many words used in a sentence.

Echo Correc�on
In echo correc�on, you repeat the error but add a rising, ques�oning intona�on, perhaps combined
with a raised eyebrow, to make sure your students understand you are highligh�ng a mistake.

Use a Device
You could use a device (a buzzer or bell) or make a sound to indicate a mistake.

Whispers
A less intrusive way to encourage correc�on is to whisper the correct form to the students from
behind as they speak. It might take a while to get the feel of doing this well but it’s worth the effort.
It’s far more discreet and far less of an interrup�on than the head-on approach.

Variable Correc�on
Conduct one class where correc�ons are very strict and consistent and then offer hardly any correc�on
in the next week’s class. Alterna�vely, ask students how o�en, how strictly, and in what areas of
speech they would like correc�on. Some may want to be pushed the whole �me, while others want
less pressure.

Student Checklists
Tell students to make a list of all the points they want to stop ge�ng wrong. Students can then use
this as a personal checklist to monitor their own mistakes.

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