The justification for counting errors is productive in my opinion. Permitting the teacher and learner opportunities to focus on each of the individual error categories, providing an assessment of existing skill, reveals instructional need, and differentiates …show more content…
1) How did EL teachers provide corrective feedback in prior English language learning setting here and in native country? 2) What style of corrective feedback does the learner prefer or find most helpful? Furthermore, I believe beginner ELLs benefit more from direct correction, focusing corrections on one or two themes at a time, to reduce the possibility of overwhelming the student. Reinforced by my tutoring experience, my beginner student needs clear instructions when items are not correct for her to gain understanding. The direct corrective feedback approach required an adjustment to my teaching practice after receiving considerable training on an indirect remedial approach as a best practice in my present community education