Categorisinglearners’
mistakes
Module 3 TKT:
Unit 28
—Albert Einstein
A person who never made a
mistake never tried anything new
You has seen ever any
good movie recently?
Mistakes
What do you
think…?
Is the last question right or
wrong?
Could you noticed about the
mistake?
How?
mistakes
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What is a
mistake?
*Accuracy
Types of
mistakes
*errors
*slips
Oral and written
mistakes
(examples)
*appropiacy
*Correction
code
Written exercise
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Key concepts
must be
considered…
What is a mistake?
To be wrong about or to fail to
recognize something or someone
An action or decision that is
wrong or produces a result that is
not correct or not intended
Accuracy:
The ability to do something
without making mistakes.
Accuracy is the use of
correct forms of grammar,
vocabulary, spelling and
pronunciation.
In an accuracy activity,
teachers and learners usually
focus on using and producing
language correctly.
Typesof mistakes
Error:
A mistake that
a learner makes
when trying to
say or write
something
above their
level of language
or language
processing.
Oral
*Can be mistakesin theaccuracyof: Grammar
Pronunciation
Vocabulary
In thedegreeof formalityof thelanguage
Typesof mistakes
Slips:
When a learner
makes a slip they
make a language
mistake but they
are able to correct
themselves, e.g.
Learner: He like
ice-cream, I mean,
he likes ice-cream.
Written
Learnersmaymakemistakesin:
Grammar
Spelling
Paragraphing
Orderinginformation
Orderingpunctuation
Oral and Writtenmistakes(examples)
Appropiacy:
Language which is
suitable in a particular
situation; e.g. it
might be appropriate
to say Hi in one
situation but Good
morning in another.
Oral mistakes: Look at the following examples of oral
mistakes. Identify if the mistakes show correspond to grammar,
pronunciation or vocabulary)
Oral and Writtenmistakes(examples)
Correction
code:
It indicates the
types of mistakes in
accuracy that the
learner has made.
This enables learners
to make their own
corrections
Written mistakes: Can be categorised into slips or errors in
accuracy or appropiacy, or errors in communication.
Oral and Writtenmistakes
(examples)
Based on the activities you do as a
teacher, tell us when you can used these
categories?
Writtenmistakes(exercise)
In the following text identify and make a
correction code based on the mistakes
there are on it