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Originally published in 2012 by Cecilia Lemos Harmer on iTDi.pro What is an error, when we’re talking about language learning? According to Paul Lennon (1991) “a linguistic form or combination of forms which in the same context and under similar
Originally published 2012 by Barbara Hoskins Sakamoto Young learners are geniuses at discovering patterns. They construct an implicit understanding of grammar from the language chunks they hear in class. They refine their understanding through trial and error…and correction. Knowing that
Originally published in 2012 by Steven Herder on iTDi.pro Over the past 23 years, I’ve taken a number of approaches to error correction, and my current ideas are pretty indicative of how my teacher beliefs have grown and been affected
Originally published 2016 by John Pfordresher on iTDi.pro. Iteratively Driven Error Correction As with other teaching and classroom management techniques, I find error correction to be an iterative process of experimentation. By keeping records of (1) the methods I use,
Originally published in 2012 by Yitzha Sarwono Boon on iTDi.pro What are language errors? Well, the definition may be a bit blurry just as it may be a bit technical, but we can say they’re often mistakes people make, things
Originally published 2012 by Chuck Sandy on iTDi.pro Once upon a time we knew what language errors were, what caused them, and what to do about them. Back then, second language errors were just bad habits and like all bad