Making mistakes is a natural part of the process when learning something new, but if left unchecked, errors can continually reoccur and may eventually fossilized.

If students don’t even know they are making mistakes, they aren’t really being offered enough opportunities to learn, improve and fully develop their language & communication skills. Therefore, it’s really important that teachers pay proper attention to error, both oral and written. 

This is the first of two workshops dealing with error. In this one, we will help you think about where, when and why to correct learners’ oral errors. We’ll talk about how to identify which mistakes to pick up on and which to ignore and also offer tips and techniques for doing both delayed and immediate oral correction.

Presented by Susie Bridges – CELTA Trainer Former Academic Manager @British Council.