Wednesday, March 20, 2002, 10:02 GMT
I guess it takes a very long time for a learner to get rid off all the mistakes he tends to make because he's not a native speaker after all. Mistakes is inevitable in the process of second-language acquisition and this applies to the first-language acquisition sometimes. So should we refrain from using what we've learnt because we don't want to make any mistakes?
Producing 'errored'-sentences reinforces one's ability to make more mistakes, but would it help if you don't use the language at all? In my opinion, people should not be afraid of mistakes, they should admit and overcome them. So write what you want to write and speak whenever you want to speak, but make sure you have someone check/proofread the mistakes for you so that you are not going to make the same mistakes again next time. As the proverb goes, Learn from mistakes. And correcting your own mistakes or being corrected is a very good way to learn because it will leave you a very strong impression. So I 'hereby, LOL' propose that the sitemasters should solicit volunteers (preferably both American English speakers and British English Speakers) to help us spot the mistakes.
** this is off-topic but i want to ask how to use the following words
a) implausible
b) fraught with
implausible = impossible? or can i use it this way? it is implausible for students to learn in this enviroment.
is 'fraught with' interchangable with 'filled with' and 'laden with'?
Producing 'errored'-sentences reinforces one's ability to make more mistakes, but would it help if you don't use the language at all? In my opinion, people should not be afraid of mistakes, they should admit and overcome them. So write what you want to write and speak whenever you want to speak, but make sure you have someone check/proofread the mistakes for you so that you are not going to make the same mistakes again next time. As the proverb goes, Learn from mistakes. And correcting your own mistakes or being corrected is a very good way to learn because it will leave you a very strong impression. So I 'hereby, LOL' propose that the sitemasters should solicit volunteers (preferably both American English speakers and British English Speakers) to help us spot the mistakes.
** this is off-topic but i want to ask how to use the following words
a) implausible
b) fraught with
implausible = impossible? or can i use it this way? it is implausible for students to learn in this enviroment.
is 'fraught with' interchangable with 'filled with' and 'laden with'?