Correction of Errors in English : A Training Course for the Teachers of English as a Second Language

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Survey of existing teacher attitudes to errors and methods of correction of errors in practice. 3. Review of error studies. 4. Researches in correction of errors. 5. The course and the experiment. 6. Notes in conclusion. Appendices. Bibliography.

"The main aim of this text is to point out to the teachers the numerous English errors that users of the English as a second language may make when they do not pay regards to English grammar and idioms, phrases, and fables. High on the list of priorities are mistakes and correction in English learning and teaching. This area interests us all very much. This text suggests many practical techniques for helping students to accept and learn from their common errors without being discouraged by them. This text is concerned with much more interesting questions : When to correct mistakes and when not to and how to correct them. Teachers and students will find this text of great value." (jacket)