1. The Mistake Buster
Technique

2. The Journal of English Language Teaching
Topic: Using The Mistake Buster Technique in Teaching
Grammar to Junior high school students
Writer: Gemala Imelda Hanifa
English Department, Faculty of Language and art
State University of Padang, Indonesia
Published on 2013

3. The Mistake Buster Technique
• Students’ active participant in evaluating
their own grammatical errors that are
available made or prepared by the teacher.

4. Steps of
The Mistake Buster Technique

5. 1. Choosing a mistake category
• Focus on the lesson being taught

6. 2. Preparing the Mistake
• The teacher provides some grammatical
mistakes to be found and corrected by the
students.

7. Teaching procedure
• Pre-teaching
- Greet the students
- Tell the purpose and basic competencies
- Ask about some point of grammatical form
- Show the text with grammatical form
- Explain the form and use
- Give example

8. • Whilst Teaching
- Exploration
- Elaboration
- Confirmation

9. • Post – Teaching
. The teacher gives feedback toward the
process and learning achievement.

10. The Advantages
of Using mistake buster technique
• Students feel excited.
• Give the sense of accomplishment to the
students.
• Teacher can check students’ comprehension
and understanding of the lesson.
• Students feel comfortable and fun.

11. Sample Activity
• Step.1
• Step.2
• Step.3
• Step.4
Warm up
(Short sentences and long
sentences can be used)
(A narrative can be used)
Wrap up

12. Conclusion and Suggestion
• A technique student’s active participant in
evaluating their own grammatical error that are
available made or prepared by the teacher.

13. Conclusion and Suggestion
• Two stages should be done by the teacher
1. In preparation stage
2. In main activity

14. Some considerations
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Choose the mistake category
Divide students into some group work
Consider the different level of the students
Praise the students for their effort
Give feedback or more explanations

15. Thank you
1. Mrs. Nuansamron Kjosmoen
2. Mrs. Prakasani
Butkhot
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