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

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  • Esther Somé-Guiébré Ecole Normale Supérieure, BP 34 Saaba, Burkina Faso

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejfl.v5i6.4033

Parole chiave:

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

Abstract

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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  • Esther Somé-Guiébré, Ecole Normale Supérieure, BP 34 Saaba, Burkina Faso
    Dr. Esther Somé-Guiébré has been a teacher educator at Ecole Normale Superieure in Burkina Faso since 2013. She holds a Master in African studies and in Gender studies and a PhD from the department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (USA). She wrote her thesis and published articles on the challenges faced by African immigrant children in American classrooms. Currently, she has been working and publishing on issues regarding English as a foreign language, communicative competence, syllabus design, etc. Her research interest also includes multicultural education, post colonialism, and gender studies. She has been teaching courses on theories of second language acquisition, foreign language evaluation, language and education, and research methodologies.

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2021-11-21

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V. 5 N. 6 (2021)

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