Home › Tools for teachers › Teaching knowledge database › On-the-spot correction
      TeachingEnglish
      On-the-spot correction

      On-the-spot correction is when a teacher corrects a learner's mistake as soon as they make it.

      Example
      The learner is telling the teacher about a hobby and says, ‘I am going every weekend'. The teacher immediately elicits or says ‘I go every weekend'.

      In the classroom
      On-the-spot correction techniques include giving the correct answer, echoing the learner but correcting the language, and using facial expressions and gestures to indicate where the problem was in what the learner said, and therefore encourage learners to correct the mistake themselves.


      Tag