4. Correction work design

I designed an adequate amount of activities (Cover three weeks of teaching) to test the hypothesis. If error correction exercises are better designed, then the learners' errors in writing will be reduced accordingly.

In my project, I decide to improve my error-correction technique in three ways: I would first make more detailed and insightful corrections of the students' errors, and then ask them to rewrite their work, incorporating the corrections; next I would ask students to check their work in pairs or groups; and lastly, I would pick up some typical errors from the students' writing work, carry out and error-analysis and design relevant remedial exercises.

I have designed five activities to be tried out in three weeks.

Week 1: Activity 1 Writing: For use with Junior English for Beijing, Book 6. Purpose: to practice several small pieces of writing Instructions: Students listen to the teacher's explanations carefully and then finish the writing individually. Procedure: The teacher explains the situations and the steps to do this kind of writing. After they finish the work, check by themselves and hand in the papers. For students: You are going to finish several pieces of writing. First, you should listen to the teacher carefully; then you follow the steps and do the writing work. Finally, you check your writing carefully. Pay more attention to tenses and collocations. Writing exercises: to see the Appendix. Error-correction outside class. Activity 2: Follow up. Purpose: To correct students' errors in their writing. Instruction: Students look at their writing which has already been corrected by the teacher. The teacher asks them analyze the situation and tell the correct form. Do some remedial exercises. For the students: You are going to look at your writing which you have finished last time. Look at the paper carefully and find the reasons of your errors in your writing. Then rewrite them.

Week 2: Activity 3 Purpose: to practice several small pieces of writing Instructions: Students listen to the teacher's explanations carefully and then finish the writing individually. Procedure: The teacher remind the students the steps to do the writing work. Ask them to change their ideas in small groups of four. After the students finish their work, check them in pairs. Finally, hand in the paper. For students: You are going to finish several pieces of writing. First, you should remember the four steps to do this kind of writing. Then you discuss in groups of four. You do your work, check your work and finally check in pairs. You can use pencils to correct the errors. Writing exercises: to see the Appendix. Error-correction outside class. Activity 4: Purpose: To reduce the students' errors in their writing. Instructions: Students look at their writing which has already been corrected by the teacher. The teacher asks them to find out the reasons of their errors. And the teacher point out the errors in common.. Do some remedial exercises. For the students: You are going to look at your writing which you have finished last time. Look at the paper carefully and find the reasons of your errors in your writing,. Finally read the passage loudly.

Week 3: Activity 5: For use with model test paper. Purpose: To practice writing and correcting errors. Instructions: Students check their writing in the model test paper. First individually, the, check in pairs. For the students: You are going to check the writing work in your model test papers. First you check by yourselves, then, check in pairs. You can correct the errors in pencil. Then you'll be asked to write your answer on the blackboard.