The role of mistakes in Language Learning:
I am a 'Native Speaker' and my mother is a 'Native Speaker'. Quite often when I am in my mother's company she will 'correct' my English. I find this quite an annoying habit.
On one occasion when I used the 'F' word, my mother burst into tears.
I notice that my son (18) often makes mistakes in English. My father often mispronounces words that he has read; both are 'native speakers'.
(I have an ongoing dispute with them about the pronunciation of ‘blown it’. They like to say ‘blew it’ which sounds completely wrong to me.)
I am reasonably philosophical about my son making mistakes. I am hoping that he will go to University where I hope he will be exposed to a richer language environment than he is curently in.
I appreciate that people learning English find mistakes confusing. So for the benefit of ‘anti-moon readers’ I have used a Spell Checker before making this Post. It has picked up on the word ‘curently’ which should be spelt ‘currently’. Funnily enough, I did not need to use the Spell Checker to correct my spelling, once it (the Spell Checker) had told me that I had made a mistake.
Language: does not have ‘right answers’ like Maths. However I can quickly tell you when something does not sound right.
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http://www.antimoon.com/how/mistakes-in-learning.htm?ml
I am a 'Native Speaker' and my mother is a 'Native Speaker'. Quite often when I am in my mother's company she will 'correct' my English. I find this quite an annoying habit.
On one occasion when I used the 'F' word, my mother burst into tears.
I notice that my son (18) often makes mistakes in English. My father often mispronounces words that he has read; both are 'native speakers'.
(I have an ongoing dispute with them about the pronunciation of ‘blown it’. They like to say ‘blew it’ which sounds completely wrong to me.)
I am reasonably philosophical about my son making mistakes. I am hoping that he will go to University where I hope he will be exposed to a richer language environment than he is curently in.
I appreciate that people learning English find mistakes confusing. So for the benefit of ‘anti-moon readers’ I have used a Spell Checker before making this Post. It has picked up on the word ‘curently’ which should be spelt ‘currently’. Funnily enough, I did not need to use the Spell Checker to correct my spelling, once it (the Spell Checker) had told me that I had made a mistake.
Language: does not have ‘right answers’ like Maths. However I can quickly tell you when something does not sound right.
Go to:
http://www.antimoon.com/how/mistakes-in-learning.htm?ml