Namangan davlat universiteti ingliz filologiyasi fakulteti amaliy ingliz tili kafedrasi

Activity 1 Examining statements about mistakes
Objective: to explore students’ perceptions of mistakes
Time: 20 min
Materials: handout 1
Procedure:
- ☺(5 min) Ask participants to examine a few statements about mistakes and choose one which they most strongly agree with. Distribute handout 1􀀏 to each participant.
- ☺☺☺ (5 min) Put participants in groups of 4-5 and ask them to discuss their views for 4-5 minutes before reporting back to the whole group.
- ☺(8 min) Invite a spokesperson from each group to comment on their discussion.
- ☺(2 min) Say that there is no one ‘right’ way of dealing with mistakes. Suggest that teachers should be able to recognise different kinds of mistakes and deal with them in a way that supports students’ own language learning efforts. State that the next activity will focus on types of mistake.