Module 5: Lesson 1 - TTT & error correction Flashcards
When does the teacher talk during a lesson?
The teacher will talk when presenting new information to the student, when eliciting information from the students to check their understanding of the topic, they will need to provide feedback, ask the learner questions, provide explanation of the tasks, the teacher needs to speak as their learner’s “partner” when completing tasks, and they will obviously engage in general conversation throughout the lesson.
How can you reduce TTT in the class?
- Be aware of it
- Less talking, more thinking, and a lot of practice
- Easy to understand, hard to practice
- Don’t over-explain
- Don’t self-answer
- Don’t skip pauses
- Eyes and revise
What is meant by error correction and feedback?
Error correction refers to how teachers let their learners know they have made an error and provides an explanation on how they can fix it.
Feedback refers to how the teacher communicates what the learner has done well and what they need do to improve. Error correction is a type of feedback.
Revise: error vs mistake
A mistake is accidental. It is a “slip” that results in the learner not producing the correct information not because they don’t know it, but rather, because they temporarily forgot, or were going so fast they may have been concentrating on other language.
An error is something the student is not aware of or hasn’t already been taught. They don’t know the language, so they would not have the ability to correct themselves.
What are productive and receptive errors?
Productive errors occur when language is produced, usually in speaking or writing. Typical errors could involve vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar, as well as errors producing language that can be easily understood. In other words, mistakes in output.
Receptive errors occur when language is received, usually in listening and reading. Typical errors include mistakes in comprehension of written or oral materials. This could be, for example, misunderstanding when listening to a radio programme or when reading a newspaper.
What techniques can be used for error correction in online / 1:1 classes?
- Verbal correction: This involves the teacher verbally pointing out to the learner that they have made an error.
- Non-verbal correction: To do them effectively, teachers can draw the learner’s attention to their camera and then make a facial expression to make the learner aware that an error was made.
- Gestures: Gestures are a good way not only to alert your learners that there was an error, but to show that they got an answer right, to say “okay”, and to demonstrate syllables.
- Self-correction: Learners are encouraged to identify their own mistakes and correct them. They work much better for mistakes than they do for errors, as learners will not know the correct answer to an error but they might if they made a mistake instead.
- Immediate vs delayed feedback: activity that is based on developing accuracy skills, it might be suitable to stop learners more regularly when you hear mistakes. Activity that is fluency-focused, you probably don’t want to interrupt the learner.
