UNIT 11 THE ROLE OF ERROR
When studying this unit I
found out that making mistakes must not be consider a taboo or a bad result
from teaching. Here we understand that mistakes are part of learning and play an important role when
teaching because that is when you realize the results of your teaching and also
you can see the development of the learner.
There is a categorization of
mistakes they can be consider as errors,
that is when learners try to use language beyond their level of current
knowledge, and it is because they are still processing the new information.
Then, there are slips that generally are the
result of tiredness and they do not realize when they do this, and it can be
inferred that they did not simply pay attention to what they were saying.
In addition, there is
another factor that make learners be confused and this is interference of the mother tongue when learners use lexis or grammatical rules from their mother tongue, and this also
may be cause by overgeneralization when they learn a rule and apply it to
everything.
In this case, I will take
errors as an advantage to help my students and realize where they are weak and
help them to improve their language by looking at their own errors, and notice
them in order to avoid fossilization.
http://www.antimoon.com/how/mistakes-in-learning.htm (Szynalski)
http://www.ojs.academypublisher.com/index.php/tpls/article/viewFile/tpls020510271032/4942 (Khansir, 2012)
Criss, the information that video provides us for teacher is excelent!
ReplyDeleteGreat job Criss! Your analysis is clearly stated and I strongly agree when you say that teachers should take errors that students do as an advantage for choosing different ways or methods to teach. The video you´ve included provides a deep explanation about this topic and supports the ideas you´ve included above.
ReplyDeleteYour reflection about the unit is very clear and I agree with you regarding teachers need to create intrinsic and extrinsic motivation on learners who are learning a second language.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy reading your reflection and watching the video presented, because we as future teachers need to be aware how and when to correct learners' mistakes. Also, I totally agree that motivation is the key component due to mistakes are part of learning process.
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