Should we correct our students errors in l2 learning?

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 open...

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Autor: Gómez Martínez, Susana
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2006
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositório:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/1202
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/1202
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Second language
Error
Correction
Segunda lengua
Errores
Corrección
Humanidades
Filología hispánica
Humanities
Spanish philology
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Resumo: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.