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Message board > Wrong, wrong, wrong
Wrong, wrong, wrong
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MoodyMoody
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I just started some new medication, and I �ve been making lots of dumb mistakes lately. If a student catches an English mistake, I usually praise him or her. The student has learned something! If I find the mistake myself, I just correct it and explain that teachers make mistakes, too. Making mistakes is a normal part of life, and an absolute necessity when learning a new language.
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1 May 2013
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liza_xxx93
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Hi, Carnita))) Yes, we are people, and, yes, we DO make mistakes sometimes (as for me I make a lot)))) But we even make them while speaking our own languages! It �s normal. If I make a mistake and my pupils catch it, I sometimes say I did it intentionally to see whether they were attentive or not))) And they become soooo poud of themselves! |
1 May 2013
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dutchboydvh
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Making mistakes is part of being human. Correct yourself and remind students that even teachers make mistakes. It allows students to be ok with being human, and if we take mistakes in stride, they learn to be more risk taking. (Lets face it, them catching you in a mistake is a great learning opportunity.) I �ve always been a TERRIBLE speller. Then I come to Singapore where everything is British spelling. I laugh off my mistakes, and remind the students that we all can �t be good at everything. After a while they usually ask me, "Teacher Daryl, is that American spelling, British spelling or Daryl spelling?" We all laugh when I sheepisly say... "Whoopsie... that �s teacher Daryl spelling. Lets fix that shall we? Who knows the proper British spelling?" Just use it as a teaching opportunity. If you don �t freak out, they won �t either.
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1 May 2013
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cunliffe
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It �s part of life, carinita, don �t beat up on yourself. Recently, I thoroughly embarrassed myself by sending out an email to all members of staff (about 120 people), announcing that we had a new bot in school. Of course it should have been �boy � and bot is what you sit on!!  |
2 May 2013
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manonski (f)
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I was not aware teachers had to be perfect! 
Who does not make mistake? I even make some in my mother tongue! I just acknowledge it, tell my students it �s human and move on.
It can also be a great opportunity to show students why it �s important to revise your work and use resources if the mistake is a written word somewhere.
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2 May 2013
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zailda
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Hi!
I just say "sorry", say (or write) it correctly and go on. With advanced students I just stop and ask them: "what mistake have I made?" and then: "can you correct it, please?"
We �re human beings and as a non-native I completely understand my students � difficulties and major mistakes struggling with the second language, of course because I made the same mistakes and had the same difficulties dealing with it.
We can learn from our mistakes and help the students do the same thing.
Have a nice day!
Zailda Coirano |
2 May 2013
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amrodriguez
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I think that you don�t have to get obssesed. It�s natural for us non native speakers to make some mistakes. We are just humans, not machines to be perfect, so just simply tell your students that you you have make a mistake. Make things easy, simple and natural, and don�t worried too much about this.
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2 May 2013
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edrodmedina
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As a native speaker I don �t never have made a mistake so I didn �t know what you are talking about. But if I ever don �t make a mistake I would just let the students know and move on. If you can use a little bit of humor that may soften the blow for you. I �m quiet sure that the student already no your human and might make mistake ounce in a whale. Ed |
2 May 2013
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