7/23/2019 Motivation and Error Correction

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/motivation-and-error-correction 1/1

MOTIVATION AND ERROR CORRECTION

Materials: large slips, felt-tip pens, blu-tac

• MOTIVATION

• What is motivation? licit from class ! sho" sli#e $

• What ma%es stu#ents "ant to come to class to learn nglish? Thin%

of one goo# reason ! "rite it on the slip using large letters&

• 'ea# (our reasons to the class ! stic% it on the boar# for later

anal(sis&

• )ho" sli#e *: the stu#ents must categorise their reasons accor#ing to

the topics on the sli#e, e&g&if someone "rote +to get a goo# ob, this

"oul# be un#er +.sefulness an# #irect bene/ts of %no"ing a

language&

•   )li#e 0 !#iscuss

• What can (ou #o to motivate learners? Tell partners , share "ith class

• 1age *2, rea# %e( concepts

• 1age 03 practice test&

• ''O) 4 )5I1)

• What can demotivate learners? )) #iscuss, licit

• Failure can be a maor #emotivating factor ! but there6s a #i7erence

bet"een errors an# slips& 8sli#e 9

• What can cause errors? )li#e ;

  Errors are part of a DEVELOPMENTTAL PROCE and are

perfe!tl" normal#

• 1age 0; follo"-up ! "hat are the( tal%ing about? <o (ou un#erstan#

them, #espite the slips an# errors?

• )houl# "e correct V'= error a stu#ents ma%es? W>N shoul# "e

correct stu#ents in class? 8#uring an accurac( eercise, NV' #uring

a @uenc( phase

• 1age 0; ! pairs #iscuss

• 1age 0 ! practice tas%&