Verbal Correction Technique

Correction is one of the most essential parts of teaching English or anything other subjects. With the following verbal correction technique, you can correct your students without having them feel embarrassed and makes learning fun and effective!

As we all know, learning is a comprehensive process that requires all the senses. Some students might not have keen hearing and are not able to catch your corrections. If so, you need to combine visual aids and physical movement to help them.

“Let your fingers do the talking.”

The main concept of this technique is that “You can use your hands to indicate where a student has made errors in a spoken sentence. Using fingers as words or syllables: to indicate where the error is in a sentence is by using your fingers to represent words.”

For example, a student has come up with the sentence “I is a tall boy.”

Then,

I--- thumb

is--- index finger

a--- middle finger

tall--- ring finger

boy--- little finger

Go through the sentences with your student and let he/she knows which words represent which fingers. When you say “is” waggle the index finger and use a questioning tone, then carry on to the next finger. Repeat the process if your students are still puzzled. You can also ask them to correct it into the right form.