What can be done to help students become more confident speakers? Students can improve their speaking skills only by speaking, so only by doing communicative activities can they learn to communicate. And in some cases error correction can actually be detrimental. The article points out some reasons why it is sometimes actually best to avoid correcting.

"I made a mistake and you didn't correct me!" - Learner training and free speaking exercises / SCOTT-MONKHOUSE, Anila Ruth. - In: LANG MATTERS. - 1:14(2007), pp. 6-7.

"I made a mistake and you didn't correct me!" - Learner training and free speaking exercises

Scott-Monkhouse Anila Ruth
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2007-01-01

Abstract

What can be done to help students become more confident speakers? Students can improve their speaking skills only by speaking, so only by doing communicative activities can they learn to communicate. And in some cases error correction can actually be detrimental. The article points out some reasons why it is sometimes actually best to avoid correcting.
2007
"I made a mistake and you didn't correct me!" - Learner training and free speaking exercises / SCOTT-MONKHOUSE, Anila Ruth. - In: LANG MATTERS. - 1:14(2007), pp. 6-7.
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