When I read the article about students errors I wondered if, as a teacher, I do not see all of my students´ mistakes in writing as something negative.
On the contrary, I believe many of their mistakes are like a natural outcome of the development of communication skills. In fact, they demonstrate that my students are getting into the process of learning a foreign language.
Therefore, for me, the duty of knowing how to access that in an effective way becomes a challenge. What to do? Should I highlight their mistakes? Should I give them codes, so that they can discover by themselves what was wrong? Should I give them the right answers? Well, it depends on the students´profile and level and also on the teacher´s.
One consideration I know for sure: Identifying the students´ mistakes is as crucial as knowing how to access them.
Alecsandra
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Ale,
So, what do you think is the best approach? Do you correct each student's work differently? If so, how do you know what they will benefit from? This is a difficult issue that no one has really figured out yet.
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