Unit 11 - The role of error

The role of error


In this TKT chapter some useful visible features about errors were explained, one of them is that errors help students to experiment with the language and noticed what is wrong when they speak or write. And this unit focuses on why leaners make mistakes and actually there are two main reasons. To begin with, we have interference of the mother tongue which influences on the second language learning because pupils introduce some pattern from the other language and that make they make mistakes unconsciously. The other reason is when learners make error in organizing and experimenting with the language which is very common in very first learners because they always overgeneralizing everything but after some practice they noticed their mistakes and improve the way they produce the language.

 To apply all of this in my teaching, I will certainly make my students be aware of their mistakes without making them feel embarrassed but with strategies to help them realize their error and improve, also I will be careful on fossilization because that happens frequently and students carry those problems sometimes very basic until superior levels which is unacceptable, but with the teacher’s aid that won’t happen.

References
Busyteacherscafe.com,. (2014). Spelling Ideas and Activities. Retrieved 26 November 2014, from http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/literacy/spellin

Agendaweb.org,. (2014). Listening: practical English conversations for esl. Retrieved 26 November 2014, from http://www.agendaweb.org/listening/practical-english-conversations.html



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