Should we correct our students errors in l2 learning?
ISSN: 1989-0796
Year of publication: 2006
Issue: 16
Pages: 1-7
Type: Article
More publications in: Encuentro: revista de investigación e innovación en la clase de idiomas
Abstract
In teaching and learning a foreign language, there is a general belief of not leaving an erroneous utterance in the air but correct it; however, this is a very complex issue which depends on many internal and external factors affecting the language acquisition and learning process. This article opens a debate about the topic in a thought-provoking way by analysing the most representative research done so far, the set of reasons to account for and against error correction and a critical evaluation of positive and negative ways of correction and its methodological implications for a direct application in the language classroom.