UNIT 32 CORRECTING LEARNERS

The advantages and disadvantages of correcting students' mistakes depend on several factors: the age of the students, the purpose of the lessons, the types of mistakes, the capabilities of the students, etc. In general, too much correction (unless requested by the student) could limit a learners language production or even silence them, but strategic correction is important. Correction is really important because in some cases student do not realize the mistakes they make, and the teacher has to mention them in general way with politeness as a matter of feedback. I think correcting students and not correcting students both need to be done in moderation. The advantages are like what was stated before about they will not know otherwise that they are wrong and sometimes for some students only telling them once is enough - for others that's the not the case. The disadvantages all fall in how the teacher deals with corrections. For example, if a student relies too heavily on always asking the teacher they will never attempt to do a particular thing on their own. Also, most people do best when they do something for themselves at some point rather than just being "told" or "shown" the best way without attempting on their own.