Correction strategies

1. 04 Follow Along
Review
• What is the most important thing you’ve learned in the previous
three modules about communicative language teaching?
• Week 1
• Week 2
• Week 3

2. 04 Follow Along
Pre-assessment
• You have a student who is at the intermediate level. She has no knowledge of
grammar terms (verb, adjective, etc.). She is engaged in a controlled
communicative grammar activity that is focused on observing correct subject-
verb agreement (SVA). You overhear her say:
• “My mother go shopping two times a week. They always bring me something
home.”
• Which error would you correct? Both?
• Write down the exact words you would say to the student when correcting.

3. 04 Follow Along
Your students are engaged in a free communicative activity focused on
fluency, but a few students are making the same SVA error.
What questions might you ask yourself to determine whether to give
corrective feedback?
Assessment 1

4. 04 Follow Along
1. Recast
2. Clarification request
3. Metalinguistic
4. Elicitation
5. Repetition
6. Explicit correction
Error Correction Techniques

5. Recast
I take the bus to school
everyday. Its has a terrible
smell inside.

6. Metalinguistic Feedback
I love when we spends
time in the garden.

7. Elicitation
My sister always on
the phone. She talk
too much!

8. Repetition
My husband are the
worst. He never help
around the house.

9. Explicit Correction
All these bags is
killing my back!

10. Multiple Corrective Feedback Techniques
Chris: What did you find out about Sam, Tana? ___________
Tana: She love… ___________
Chris: She love? ___________
Tana: Yes. She love grammar. __________
Chris: In the 3rd person singular present tense the verb takes an –s
ending. ____________
Tana:… ____________
Chris: There is an error in your sentence. “Love” needs an –s at the end
and so, we say Sam loves…. Try again. ____________
Tana: Sam loves grammar. ___________
Chris: Good job!

11. Post-assessment
• You have a student who is at the intermediate level. She has no
knowledge of grammar terms. She is engaged in a controlled
communicative activity that is focused on observing the correct SVA. You
overhear her say:
• “My mother go shopping two times a week. They always bring me
something home.”
• How would you correct this? What technique would you use?
• What if there is no uptake from the student?

12. Assessment 2
• You have an intermediate level student who is knowledgeable about
grammar terms and rules. She is a shy student and struggles to
communicating freely.
• You have already done a controlled activity with a focus on the passive
voice. During the free activity you overhear the student say:
• “She were robbed by the man.”
• Would you correct the error?
• If yes, what correction technique would you use? Why?