Changing Perspectives on the Utility of Error Correction in Second Language Acquisition

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1、ChangingPerspectivesontheUtilityofErrorCorrectioninSecondLanguageAcquisitionRobertC.MingsArizonaStateUnivevsityAaSTRACTViewsamongforeignlanguageeducatorsregardingthevalueoferrorcorrectionhavechangedconsiderablyinrecentdecades.Thispaperexaminescontemporarytrendsinth

2、eerrorcorrec-tionliterature.Emphasesareonthe:I)ppesofErrorsand2)MethodsofCorrectionswhichaffectsecondlanguageacquisition.IntroductionDefinitionsTomostobservers,correctionoferrorsprobablyTheterm“errorcorrection”hashistoricalrootsseemslikeacompletelynaturalpartofthel

3、earn-datingbacktotheearlyannalsoflearning.Mostingprocess.Languageteacherscorrecttheerrorsofsimply,thistermsignifiessomeonecorrectingthetheirstudentssothattheycanlearnproperpronun-mistakeofanother-presumablyateachercorrect-ciation,grammar,etc.However,examinationofin

4、galearner.Butinthe1990stheconceptofcor-secondlanguageacquisitionliteratureoverthepastrectionusuallyisviewedmorebroadlytoincludeseveraldecadesrevealsaratherdifferentreality.At-avarietyofinputs.Negativeinput,inputenhance-titudesregardingtypesoferrorsthatshouldbecor-m

5、ent,negativeevidence,andnegativefeedbackrected(orevenwhetheranycorrectionshouldoc-arethelatesteuphemismsforerrorcorrection.Butcur)andhowtoimplementthesecorrectionshavetheyarenotmerelyeuphemisticsubstitutes.Inad-changedfrequentlyandmarkedlysincethe1960sditiontocorre

6、ctions,negativeinputandnegativewhentheaudiolingualmethodofinstructionfeedbackmayincludeothertypesoffeedback,prevailedinNorthAmericanschools.namelyconventionallearnerreinforcementsandThegeneralfocusofthispaperisonpublishedfactualinformationthatincombinationarebeliev

7、-researchdealingwiththeevolutionofattitudesedtoenhanceinterlanguagedevelopment.Also,amongeducatorsregardingtheutilityoferrornegativefeedbackcanbeviewedasalongacon-correction.Emphasisisgiventoquestionstinuumofdirectness-rangingfromverydirecter-surroundinghowcorrecti

8、onoferrorsaffectsrorcorrectiontoquiteindirect,subtlesuggestionssecondlanguageacquisition,particularlyspeech.forchange(negativeinput).Thetermsnega