Transcript English Conversation I – Correction Techniques

English Conversation I –
Correction Techniques
Who should correct mistakes?
•self correction
•peer (partner) correction
•teacher correction
Principles
Correct in a positive way. Remember learning a
language is difficult and we need to support each other.
Bonus - Enhance your listening skills by following what
is said.
1. Self correction
• I encourage self-correction. If you can fix
your own mistakes, it shows that you
understand and it allows you to feel
more confident in your knowledge.
• "I go(ed) to... I mean, I went to the
beach yesterday."
• “I went to she’s home ” .. “ umm
actually her home”
Try these using:
I mean
actually
what I meant to say was
oops and umm ;-)
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I goed to the fireworks.
After exams I sleeping all day and night
I didn’t study many for the exams
I really don’t want be here today.
Peer correction
If your partner fails to self correct and you spot an error you could use
Gesture, Repetition, Echo, Questioning or direct correction
1. Gesture – raise your eyebrow / look
puzzled / use your hands.
2. Ask for Repetition – say again ? Huh ?
Please repeat that ? What do you mean?
3. Echo – say back (correctly) “did you say
/ mean .. ”
4. Echo question. “I’m annoying” … “You’re
annoying?”
Using self and peer correction
• What are you doing for lunch ?
• What are you going to do this week /
next weekend?
• What are your plans for the winter
vacation?
• What things do you have to do this
week? Or every week / day (schedule)
Finally …
• Remember IF you are making the same
mistake over and over you need to say the
whole sentence, maybe write it down and
review the grammar..
• Don’t overdo correction (fluency vs
accuracy)
• Slow down and listen to yourself and others
• Make sure your partner and you
understand that it isn’t confrontational but
helpful.
Managing Life
NOT used
Usually
I’m just going to …
Will – Decision as speaking
Scenario:
1. In a restaurant, “what will you have?”
2. With boy/girlfriend, “Where will we go now?
”
3. “I need some money.”
4. “I’m going out tonight”
5. “Do you want to come and get some food
with me now?”
Factual / Information –
will, going to
Prediction – will, going to
1. Predict your partners weekend / future …
You will + …
2. What am I predicting?
e.g. “They will get wider but thinner, and then
they will eventually become 3D”.
Will, going to - Prediction
Do you think + subject + will + verb (bare
infinitive)
• Do you think you will get married in the
next five years?
• Do you think the 2 Korea’s will reunite?
• Do you think humans will die out ?
• Do you think …
Sure, doubt it, maybe, possibly, etc + will
Schedules – Simple Present
What’s your schedule / class timetable ?
Do and Make
• Make (you don’t make a boyfriend!)
• - sure, a / no difference, sense, a decision, a
mistake, money, reservations, an effort.
• Others: up, it up, out, do, trouble, sure,
haste, believe.
• Do –
• general pronouns - something, anything,
everything.
Adverbs - well, much, ok.
Interests – aerobics, gardening, research etc.
Others – do, it, harm, good.
Collocation Notes
• Do and make are two verbs with similar meanin
gs, and sometimes it's difficult to choose one or
the other.
• Make often expresses the idea of creation:
• Let's make a cake!
• Do is used to talk about an activity without sayi
ng exactly what it is.
• What are you doing?
• Do is always used with something, anything, ev
erything, nothing...
• Come on, boys, do something!
What’s a collocation?
• A collocation is a combination of two or more w
ords that happens very often in a language. The
se words are generally used together. For examp
le, in English you can say: “I like strong tea”, whe
re “strong tea” is a collocation, because both wo
rds tend to appear together. It's not usual to see
a synonym for “strong” instead of this word: “po
werful tea” cannot be said. So, language learners
should try to use the correct collocations if they
want to sound natural when speaking a foreign l
anguage.
• That's what happens with do and make: we have
to learn the collocations in which they appear.
Using advice and what’s necessary
A: I have a problem, can you help me ?
B: Sure, What’s up?
A: I can’t sing/dance/speak English well.
A: I think I’m pregnant!
A: I have a drinking problem.
A: I argued about … with my …
A: My boss is sexually harassing me!
A: My boyfriend hits me / is cheating on me (I
think)
A: make your own …
More Practice
• Write a problem on a piece of paper.
• Swap with another group
• Write correct grammar (advisable,
necessary & preferable)
• Talk with the other group.
Putting it together
• Make Q’s to help your partner say the
grammar
A. Are you doing anything interesting
+tonight / this week?
B. Say what you are doing and provide a
dilemma / problem.
- I’m supposed to do some homework but I
want to go out.
A. Give some advice.
- Yes, you’d better get it done quickly so you
can go out…
Other practice
Q’s
Will you get married early?
Are you thinking about your future career?
Is there anything that you’re not looking
forward to?
- Are you going to see any old friends soon?
- Is your (mother/father/best friend) doing
anything interesting?
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