TKT Mod 3 - Correcting learners

Method of correction: The teacher underlines but does not correct mistakes on each learner’s written dialogue

• to encourage the use of peer feedback

• to develop learners’ ability to edit and proofread their own work

• to help a learner with a language difficulty that is not common to the whole class

• to encourage the use of peer feedback

Method of correction: The teacher claps out for the class a regular rhythm while repeating a line from a dialogue.

• to give the class an understanding of the natural order

• to signal in an oral activity that a learner has used the wrong word

• to remind learners of the pattern of sentence stress

• to provide a quick way of checking an exercise for the whole class

Method of correction: The teacher echo-corrects a learner’s question

• to give the class an understanding of the natural order

• to remind learners of the pattern of sentence stress

• to develop learners’ ability to edit and proofread their own work

• to signal in an oral activity that a learner has used the wrong word

Method of correction: The teacher arranges to give individual feedback with a learner.

• to help a learner with a language difficulty that is not common to the whole class

• to develop learners’ ability to edit and proofread their own work

• to provide a quick way of checking an exercise for the whole class

• to give the class an understanding of the natural order

Method of correction: The learners exchange written work before it is given to the teacher for marking.

• to develop learners’ ability to edit and proofread their own work

• to provide a quick way of checking an exercise for the whole class

• to remind learners of the pattern of sentence stress

• to encourage the use of peer feedback

Method of correction: The learners shout out the answers to a true-false exercise and the teacher writes the correct answer on the board.

• to signal in an oral activity that a learner has used the wrong word

• to provide a quick way of checking an exercise for the whole class

• to give the class an understanding of the natural order

• to encourage the use of peer feedback

Method of correction: the teacher decided to ignore the mistakes which she heard students making in their role-play

• to focus on fluency and give students encouragement

• to encourage self-correction

• to encourage peer correction

• to expose students to correction without them being conscious of it.

Method of correction: the teacher used finger correction, highlighting what the missing word in the question was.

• to focus on fluency and give students encouragement

• to encourage self-correction

• to encourage peer correction

• to expose students to correction without them being conscious of it.

Method of correction: the teacher reformulated a young learner's utterance.

• to focus on fluency and give students encouragement

• to encourage self-correction

• to encourage peer correction

• to expose students to correction without them being conscious of it.

Method of correction: the teacher puts students into groups and asked them to read and comment on each other's written summaries.

• to focus on fluency and give students encouragement

• to encourage self-correction

• to encourage peer correction

• to expose students to correction without them being conscious of it.