When teaching a language with a wide variety of grammar rules, and encouraging as much independent sentence construction as possible - is it best to correct all grammar in sentences constructed by the learner or just the grammar being currently taught and the grammar previously taught?
That is to say, if you are teaching verb tenses but have not yet taught nuance differences in prepositions, for example, and a student constructs sentences with correct use of tense but incorrect use of grammar points you have not yet covered, in this case, prepositions.
In this example scenario, would it be better to praise and focus on the verb usage, or correct that primarily in the case that there is some error? I believe this can be a good way to stabilise the learner's understanding of the specific grammar point being used, but on the flip side, the learner may learn to assume that anything not corrected by the teacher is correct, thus learning incorrect patterns in yet untaught grammatical structures, in this case prepositions.
The opposite approach is to praise or correct the verb usage, and highlight the mistake in the yet untaught area (i.e. prepositions.). This solves the problem of the learner assuming they have used this correctly, but it can be very demoralising to a learner who has tried to use something beyond your current teaching out of their own initiative to learn. Furthermore, doing this can confuse the student further.
Which approach is best in this kind of case, or what would a mix of the two look like for successful language absorption without creating excessive confusion or demoralisation to the learner?
Submitted October 06, 2020 at 08:51AM by hontounokuraiko https://ift.tt/2GEi8i7
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