Category Archives: Error correction

Alternative error correction TEFLtastic classics

Posted on 12/03/2014 by alexcase

Loads of more interesting and more effective ways of correcting language errors. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.  The first alternative error correction technique I was introduced to – an error auction – was also … Continue reading →

Posted in Error correction, Teaching English as a Foreign Language | Tagged | 2 Comments

Avoiding correction of spoken errors

Posted on 06/05/2012 by alexcase

… or at least avoiding ending each and every stage or lesson by writing a list of mistakes up on the board. Whatever your attitude to that CELTA-tastic activity, having alternatives has got to be a good thing, I reckon. … Continue reading →

Posted in Error correction, Speaking | 2 Comments

Scrap the marking code

Posted on 23/01/2011 by alexcase

I find laziness is the actual mother of invention, and when one day I decided that I couldn’t be bothered marking T for tense and P for preposition on my students’ work, I never ever went back. Now it’s: ____________________ = … Continue reading →

Posted in Error correction, TEFL, Writing | 8 Comments

Getting away with little error correction

Posted on 21/10/2010 by alexcase

As I said at the end of my controlled speaking post below, I seem to get away with doing very little error correction during or after speaking activities. I say that because there is general agreement in my school that … Continue reading →

Posted in Error correction, TEFL | 2 Comments

Why we really do what we do Part One- Error correction

Posted on 28/03/2010 by alexcase

For the last 18 months, I’ve been back to teaching classes of 12 to 16 adult students. I am also now teaching somewhere where some students instantly freeze up when they realise I am listening into their pairwork, some others hate to be interrupted, and most are happy … Continue reading →

Posted in Error correction, TEFL | 9 Comments

TEFL soundbite of the month

Posted on 28/02/2009 by alexcase

…is not strictly of the month at all, as it’s from a blog that was last updated in 2007, but it was such a great random find I thought I’d stick it up anyway: “In education, as in most professional … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic writing, Error correction, Grammar, links, Skills, TEFL, Writing | Tagged | 20 Comments

New Teaching English Reviews and Articles Dec 08 Part Two

Posted on 01/01/2009 by alexcase

Before I get onto the shameless selling of my own articles, I’d like to thank all TEFL.net book reviewers from 2008 (Kelly Quinn, Lara Promnitz-Hayashi, Dave Allen, Janis Crolla, Stephen Lodziak, Nicholas Whitely, Katie Cordes, Joshua Antle, Kaithe Greene, Paula Swenson, … Continue reading →

Posted in CLIL, EFL exams, ELT publishing, Error correction, Error correction games, Grammar, links, Materials, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in Japan, TEFL, TEFL games, TEFL reviews, TOEIC, Writing | Tagged | 3 Comments

An A to Z of Korean English (Konglish) expressions

Posted on 01/12/2008 by alexcase

UPDATE: List now much expanded and polished up, including more listing of when it is the same in other languages. I’ve also since done a list of common errors for Korean speakers, worksheets for Koreans that deal with some of … Continue reading →

Posted in English as an International Language/ Lingua Franca, Error correction, False friends, Konglish, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching English in Korea, TEFL, TESOL, Vocabulary | Tagged | 46 Comments

New TEFL articles October 2008

Posted on 13/10/2008 by alexcase

I have to fly away from my Yahoo BB internet connection now, and I may be some time. So while I am gone from cyberspace, you all have a chance to read the over 200 articles I’ve written elsewhere- starting … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative teaching techniques, Business English and ESP, Classroom dynamics, Classroom management, Cultural differences/ cultural training, ELT publishing, Error correction, getting into ELT publishing, Grammar, Needs analysis, Photocopiable worksheets, Pre-experience learners, Problem students, Skills, Speaking, Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Finland, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching shy students, TEFL, TEFL career planning | Tagged | 3 Comments

New TEFL articles etc August 08

Posted on 01/09/2008 by alexcase

It was a quiet month (if you don’t count the sound of the cicadas), but that will just give you the chance to read all of them for once, starting with a new series of “well balanced…” articles on Usingenglish.com: … Continue reading →

Posted in Business English and ESP, CELTA, ELT publishing, ELTgames.com, English for Academic Purposes, Error correction, Error correction games, links, Materials, Needs analysis, Self-study materials, TEFL, TEFL career planning, TEFL certificate, TEFL games, TEFL heroes- Jon Marks, Using L1 in class, Usingenglish | Comments Off on New TEFL articles etc August 08