NOTE: You don’t need to read this discussion until you reach the “Error Correction” lesson this week.

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1. This is a peer teaching task, where you will practise error correction techniques with each other. You’ll need to have a group Zoom call for this. Please liaise between yourselves to organise this.

If this isn’t possible, you can practise on friends or family members.

2. Use the error sentences from the “Spoken errors – which method would you use” handout from the lesson materials, and/or use some of the examples at the bottom of this post.
3. Take turns to be the teacher while the others are the students.
   
   – The “students” shout out an error sentence.
   – The “teacher” corrects the error – but remember: the aim is not to just give the correct version straight away.
   – Instead, use an appropriate error correction technique from the lesson.

4. Here’s a short example:
   
   Student: I have 20 years.
   Teacher: What verb do we use to talk about age?
   Student: Be… I am 20 years.
   Teacher: Do we add “years”?
   Student: I’m 20.
   Teacher: Good!

5. Keep going until everyone has had a few turns as the teacher.
6. Here are a few extra error sentences you can use if you’d like more options, or you can make up your own:
   
   She can to sing very good.
   He don’t like football.
   I am here since two hours.
   He’s more tall than his brother.
   I didn’t saw him yesterday.
   We discussed about the problem.
   It depends of the weather.
   I look forward to see you.
   She’s teacher of English.
   He’s married with a doctor.

7. After your Zoom call, write a reply in this discussion reflecting on how it went. What did you notice? What was easy/difficult?
8. Post a second comment responding to another trainee’s entry.