What's Wrong with Oral Grammar Correction
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The practice of oral grammar correction continues to receive wide acceptance in language classrooms. In this paper I argue that this acceptance is not justified. Teachers and students who take correction seriously face overwhelming problems, both in making the corrections effective and in dealing with the harmful side effects of the practice. Research evidence points to the conclusion that oral correction does not improve learners' ability to speak grammatically. No good reasons have been advanced for maintaining the practice. For these reasons, language teachers should seriously consider the option of abandoning oral grammar correction altogether.
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- Authors
- Truscott, J.
- Corresponding author
- Truscott, John
- ORCID
- Truscott, John
- Venue
- The Canadian Modern Language Review
- Published
- 1999-06-01
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 437-456
- ISSN
- 0008-4506 (ISSN-L)
- 1710-1131
- OpenAlex
- W1981142145
- Cited by
- 228
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 17.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Linguistics and Language Analysis
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Keywords
- corrective feedback, second language acquisition, second language speaking, language teaching practice
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