tefltube (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"Spot correction" is often debated amongst SLA academics. In fact, research shows it's not as effective as we might think it is! Your colleagues may be looking for errors that become a pattern and write them down or take a mental note. She or he will do some exercises/activities in following lessons to clear up the problem rather than dealing with it explicitly. Or maybe they aren't!!! Anyway, it's another way to tackle error correction. Supposedly, it's more effective. I use both. Great Video!

barryrrab (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The only way to correct these errors is to practice, practice, practice

Bijoupenthouse (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thanks, this is really helpful.

brightidea911 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

nice ,, appreciate such fruitful informations ,, ^_^

Steve674d (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thanks, informative

hollymarg (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thanks for this. I am going to direct my trainees here!

jimmiepatrick (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You're really great. TY for this.

Flossferry (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

If they are making 5 or 6 errors in one sentence, then they haven't learned the grammar properly, and shouldn't be trying to speak the language conversationally. The ability to correct oneself comes from knowing the grammar inside out. Without it there is no understanding, and without understanding, the teacher's corrections are meaningless.

TeachESL (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I put my hand to my chest like I'm having a heart attack! That usually gets a laugh and they correct themselves or anothe students corrects them.

MadridTeacher (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

In my experience, there are a lot of things that teachers could and should do, but get away with hardly ever doing. If teachers know (or care?) very little about what to do with their students, their students usually know even less. However, if they've experienced other teachers with better teaching techniques and methodology previously, they'll probably have higher expectations about their present teacher.