Module 5 Overview: Correcting Errors and Giving Feedback

Correcting errors is an integral part of teaching, but teachers are often unsure how to treat students’ mistakes. If they correct too often or too much, students may get discouraged and lose confidence and motivation. If they let errors go uncorrected, students may never learn how to speak or write correctly.

In Module 5, we will look closely at various error correction strategies, point out their advantages and disadvantages, and discuss how we can help our students notice their own mistakes and encourage self-correction.

Since this week is also the closing week of the course, you will also look back at what you learned and start planning how you may implement some of the course ideas in your daily practice.

Learning objectives:

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

  • identify types of errors students make
  • evaluate from a practical perspective the suitability if error correction techniques for different teaching contexts
  • use appropriately a range of error correction techniques
  • give clear feedback.

Below are the tasks you need to complete in Module 5 with the recommended time as a guide. These time guidelines are only approximate: you may find that you spend longer or shorter on some tasks, depending on your experience with and interest in the topic.

Getting started

Task 1: The Teacher’s Dilemma. Watch a World Learning teacher trainer talking about how teachers feel about error correction. (10 minutes)

Task 2:  Complete a brief survey on your teaching practice. (10 minutes)

Correcting errors and giving feedback

Task 3: Read the Canvas page “What kind of error correction works? How do we know?”. (50 minutes)

Task 4: Take Canvas Quiz 1 to check your understanding of core concepts related to error correction. (20 minutes)

Task 5: Watch the video "Advantages and disadvantages of different error correction techniques". (45 minutes)

Task 6: OPTIONAL: Respond to discussion questions in the discussion forum. (30 minutes)

Review

Task 7: Take Canvas Quiz 2 to check your understanding of error correction. (20 minutes)

Task 8: Reflect on Module 5. (20 minutes)

Task 9: Module 5 Summary. (20 minutes)

Final tasks

Task 10: Select an end-of-course implementation task. (30 minutes)

Task 11: End-of-course quiz. (30 minutes)

Task 12: Complete the post-course survey. (30 minutes)

Click  Download HERE to download a detailed Module 5 packet.

Click Next to begin the first task.

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