On a cookery programme the other night, one of the judges giving criticism to a contestant said their work wasn’t up to the usual standard. The judge added that if he was the contestant’s teacher, he would have written ‘See me!’ in their exercise book. I don’t know if it happens now, but when IContinue reading “See me!”
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Correcting Errors in Language Learning – Part 2
Hello there and welcome back to this week’s blogpost. One of the strangest things in my teaching career has been the request, ‘I’d like to learn English, but don’t want to do any grammar’. So, the students wanted to learn the language but not use it correctly. I would gently remind them that it wouldContinue reading “Correcting Errors in Language Learning – Part 2”
Correcting Errors in Language Learning-Part 1
This is not an exhaustive or academic post. It is just a reflection of my experiences on the subject. I wanted to start weekly blog posts as well as making a weekly podcast. Not as easy as you might think with most of the electrical appliances in the house taking a summer holiday, so interruptionsContinue reading “Correcting Errors in Language Learning-Part 1”