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One of rle ueas *rar .hould be a lo(us oftr.ininS ror bo$
teacheB ed leameF is the one related !o njsirkes nade by
studeDts. A lot ofhas b€s said abour $is point; but because it is d
srca thar caules a lot of dispute ard disagrEern€nts among teeheB
anl educatos, it seem necessary to reped on€sef lhowh in a
diffmnt way. In lhe F€vious
pages and chapters, it ha! been
reitmtod thar $jsrakes .E no nore io be l@ked at !s a bad signj
mtlEr lhey should be .c@pted .5 a Mtural outcom. of the l@ing
process. ' The rcacher sbould think of con€.tion as avay of sivi4
info.mation o. feedback to hi! students" (Tulen. 1988: l7). The
impo<strong>rt</strong>a@ of nistakes is tllat dl€y shodd ofrer be ignored.
Sludents need lhe experience of being listened to at people with a
thirg to say. A leacher shodd rlale his hineev snlddts awde of
tlis and of the fact that coneclion is a way of reminding snldent! of
forx0s of Sbndard Enslsh ald n sho'nd mt be a kind ofcriticism or
punis<strong>hr</strong>Ent. Tlley should be Mde aware that there h.ve b€ always
iimes in the lessors wh€n dEy simply encouaee fluen y. At such
tihes, we do nol conect linguisdc mistakes unless lhey affec! the
co|mui@tior ofwhat the stud€nb warl !o ey (Tuher. 1988: t?).
It has to be point€d orlt that teacheB should ml uderstsnd this that
mistakes should cnain rrcorelcd. TIEE ale tines wlEn mistlkes
arc to be hEated. Hee prcsp€ctiv€ teacheB should be tr_ained in
deating with the. nist*es. TI|e fo owing techniqucs e lo be
included in the course:
t. Shd€nts correct thensetvs i.e., s.lf-correction. lt is a prio.ity
rhar snldents comct in melves. Thir is oDly if th€ taacls firds
that a mistake is wo<strong>rt</strong>h coneclinS tlEt hc should alow
corectioD. TIle stud{t who Dskes a mist*e sho'nd be giver a
c<strong>hr</strong>ee to con€ct hinself, But even h@ you have to be sesitive
to indicate $st theie is a nisi,ake. Th€ teach€r can show thar
thw is a miltake by facial expr€ssio4 o. a band acsture. B€forc
doitrg lhis it is be<strong>tt</strong>s to pae aDd wait in ce rhe lamer
recognies by hinseflhe mislakc d one Mturally does in every
day conversation even ;r oDe's oB ldgug.. One Bore thing
abou student corecting himself is dFt it is rhe best technique of
coftcting beca$e (l) people usualy pr€fd !o pur tbeir oM
mjslrkes ngh! mther rhan be coroten by someone els€; (2)