Namangan davlat universiteti ingliz filologiyasi fakulteti amaliy ingliz tili kafedrasi

Suggested answers:
1. Pre-systematic and post-systematic errors.
2. Interlanguage is the language produced by a learner between the
beginner stage and native speaker standard.
3. Interlanguage
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Beginner Native speaker

4. Traditionally mistakes have been perceived as ‘punishable sins’ thathave to be avoided at all costs. This often breeds fear of making mistakes and therefore discourages students from experimenting with language.

5. Teachers should cultivate positive attitude to errors as learning steps and should encourage self- and peer-correction of post-systematic mistakes. However, teachers should recognise that students have no language capacity to correct their pre-systematic mistakes and should help students with recognition and correction of these mistakes.
6. Possible answers: Pre-systematic and post-systematic error; self- and peer-correction; comprehensible input; interlanguage; applied linguistics; second language acquisition; monitoring. See Glossary.
- ☺(4 min) Conclude by saying that irrespective of the approach or error correction techniques, mistakes should not be regarded as punishable sins, and that they are a natural part of the language learning process. Discuss the negative impact of fear of making a mistake. Establish that error correction should really serve only one purpose: to facilitate students’ learning.
- (1 min) Distribute handout 3􀀏 (the transcript of Rod’s talk) to each participant.