jueves, 27 de noviembre de 2014

UNIT 11: THE ROLE OF ERROR

In unit 11 I learnt that mistakes are often categorized into error and slips; and those plays an important and useful part in language learning. That mistakes are an inseparable part of the learning process. The main study here is that making mistake is normal when you are acquired a second language. Because you have your first language (mother tongue/L1) and it can interfere. For example in the L1 there are some patterns and grammatical structure that you transfer to L2. Don't worry too much about perfection. No one in real life cares if you speak perfectly or not well, only teachers do, if you want to say something just do it. Don’t feel afraid just take care on not overgeneralized the words. As teacher we cannot fight all battles at the same time. I know we would like our students to speak accuracy each and every time they need to communicate, but this rarely happens. If each and every time a student opens his / her mouth you will be making corrections, you will make his / her life miserable. Let them talk for as long as you can clearly understand the message they are trying to get across. Whenever the message becomes unclear, time to help them a little bit.



Ø  Julio Foppoli (2004) The Role of Errors in Second Language Learning
Retrived from: http://www.esaudio.net/spanish-articles/the-role-of-errors-in-second-language-learning/

Ø  http://www.ojs.academypublisher.com/index.php/tpls/article/viewFile/tpls020510271032/4942

2 comentarios:

  1. Good!
    I surely enjoyed reading your reflection. It has lots of information which were brought to my mind while I read it.
    The video you shared contains important techniques in order to correct errors. I agree with the techniques since they may be applied in the classroom with my students.

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  2. Great!
    Your comment about this unit is really clear, I like the way how you describe the use of this element that students make in the classroom, I agree with you about the importance and use of this element in the EFL classroom. I found that your links have many information about this topic.

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