in the Foreign

Language Classroom

Tips, Tools and Resources to help

your students rise in proficiency

and communicate with confidence.

Question

Is it a mistake or an

error?

Focus on providing

corrective feedback when

students make mistakes,

not errors.

Providing effective

corrective feedback means

creating situations where

students are guided toward

accurate output.

Clarification

Request

If there is a mistake in the

vocabulary or verb form a question

about the inaccurate wording

brings attention to the mistake.

“I go to the store yesterday.”

“Yesterday?”

Elicitation

Repeat the sentence and pause at

the place where the mistake was

made. This provides the learner

with an opportunity to concentrate

only on that word or structure.

“I go to the store yesterday.”

“Yesterday, I….”

Repetition

Emphasize the mistake. This

highlights the mistake, and gives

the learner an opportunity to

focus on that particular part of

the output.

“I go to the store yesterday.”

“I GO to the store yesterday?”

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