AN INTERCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE OF ERROR CORRECTION AND STUDENT LEARNING IN ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONTEXT

Esther Somé-Guiébré

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Error correction is an essential component of language learning. It takes different forms that can affect language learning either positively or negatively. In the foreign language learning context, where the classroom is the only environment where the learners encounter the target language, error correction must be central to learning. It can easily be a demotivation factor to language learning. In this paper, the author examines error correction in High schools in Burkina Faso. The article explores how teachers deal with error corrections in the classroom and error treatment on student learning. The author conducted a qualitative study using classroom observations and interviews with teachers and students as data collection methods.

 

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foreign language learning/teaching, error treatment, interlanguage, fossilization, stabilization

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejfl.v5i6.4033

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