As a future English teacher for me is very difficult to perceive how is the best way to correct so I have thought in main “tips” to take into account:
- Focus on the correction: as teachers, we have to be focus on what we correct and not correct every single detail because students can feel frustrated and they do not want to participate in order to not commit mistakes.
- Wait until the students have finished intervening: mainly in oral productions we must not interrupt our students because as a consequence they can lose their fluency.
- Help students understand what the mistake is by repeating, paraphrasing or underlining the mistake: it is better for students if they realise which are their mistakes so they can understand why they are wrong. This implies giving them the necessary time.
- Have students correct each other: this activity will improve our students' knowledge because they learn from the mistakes of their classmates.
I liked these tips a lot!
ResponderBorrarA suggestion, though, is that you should not repeat or underline mistakes... students will eventually remember your voice saying them or a students who is absent-minded may not fe fully aware that it is wrong.... You can repeat the sentence and stop right before the word that was wrong and elicit through intonation. Or you can ask the student if s/he could repeat what s/he said. Just ideas ;)
I really like the idea of peer correction because somehow they feel more confident when the correction comes from a friend or classmate they get on with. Anyway, sometimes it might happen that correcting each other leads to arguments as they don't do it in a kind way, for example, so it would be a good idea if they have sort of 'tips' too.
ResponderBorrarI love your blog's designe, btw. CU! :)