TKT Training Module 1TKT Training Module 1The Roles of ErrorsThe Roles of Errors

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•talk about the pre-task.talk about the pre-task.•assign error types.assign error types.•look at different categories of look at different categories of errors.errors.•discuss the error types and discuss the error types and put them in 2 of the 3 put them in 2 of the 3 different categories.different categories.•give a practice exam task.give a practice exam task.•talk about interlanguage and talk about interlanguage and overgeneralization.overgeneralization.•do a final examination task.do a final examination task.•have a Q&A. have a Q&A.

Match the errors to the type.Match the errors to the type.1. Alice like this school.

2. Where you did go yesterday?

3. The secretary is in the office.

4. I want one fried rice.

5. I eat vegetables every day.

6. After 3 years they made a divorce.

7. I am here since Tuesday.

8. I’m going to heat you.

A. Pronunciation (/ɪ/ vs. /i:/)

B. Pronunciation (/ʤ/ vs. /g/)

C. Pronunciation (word stress)

D. Grammar (wrong tense)

E. Lexis (incorrect collocation)

F. Grammar (noun-verb agreement)

G. Grammar (word order)

H. Lexis (incorrect word) in rude.A. Pronunciation (/ɪ/ vs. /i:/)

B. Pronunciation (/ʤ/ vs. /g/)

C. Pronunciation (word stress)

D. Grammar (wrong tense)

E. Lexis (incorrect collocation)

F. Grammar (noun-verb agreement)

G. Grammar (word order)

H. Lexis (incorrect word) in rude.

After you do matching task (d), work with a

partner and take noted on what

characteristics the three categories

have.

Error CategoriesError CategoriesSlips

Develop-

mental errors

Interference

•Person knows rule.•They are cause by physical or external stimuli.•They are made by both L1 and L2 users.

•They are influence by L1.•They can be pron, word order, vocab choice, collocation, etc.•They are made only by L2 users or bilingual children

•They are mistakes during the learning process.•The learner overgeneralizes grammar rules, i.e. ‘I goed’ not ‘I went’.•They are unavoidable.•They are used by both L1 and L2 users.

InterlanguageInterlanguage

“Errors are a part of the learners’ interlanguage, i.e. the learners’ own version of the second language which they speak as they

learn. Learners unconsciously process, i.e. analyze and reorganize their language so it is not fixed. It develops and progresses as

they learn more.”Taken from The TKT course by M. Spratt, A. Pulverness, M. Williams. (CUP)

“Errors are a part of the learners’ interlanguage, i.e. the learners’ own version of the second language which they speak

as they learn. Learners unconsciously process, i.e. analyze and reorganize their language so it is not fixed. It develops and

progresses as they learn more.”Taken from The TKT course by M. Spratt, A. Pulverness, M. Williams. (CUP)

Read the passage below and highlight or lot down the most important information.

OvergeneralizationOvergeneralization

“Most learners make mistakes with plurals in English, such as ‘mouses’ not ‘mice’. Errors such as this one, in which the leaner

wrongly applies the rule for one item of language to another item, are known as overgenerlization. Once children develop, these

errors disappear, and as a L2 learner’s ability increases, the kinds of errors also disappear.

Taken and adapted from The TKT course by M. Spratt, A. Pulverness, M. Williams. (CUP)

Read the passage below and highlight or lot down the most important information.

“Most learners make mistakes with plurals in English, such as ‘mouses’ not ‘mice’. Errors such as this one, in which the learner wrongly applies the rule for one item of language to another item, are known as overgenerlization. Once children develop,

these errors disappear, and as a L2 learner’s ability increases, the kinds of errors also disappear.

Taken and adapted from The TKT course by M. Spratt, A. Pulverness, M. Williams. (CUP)

Any Questions???Any Questions???Thank you and good luck on your TKT!!!!Thank you and good luck on your TKT!!!!