tailieunhanh - The study: Spoken error correction in Thanh Binh 1 high school a case study

The study is to observe teachers‟ ways dealing with spoken errors and compare whether their used ways correspond with theory of error correction techniques in methodology or not and suggest some implications and techniques for error correction. | 1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1. Motivation for the study One of the most crucial factors in keeping up with the development of society and the need of communication in the present day is the acquisition of at least a foreign language especially English because English is the language of globalization international communication commerce the media and pop culture. English is also the most widespread language on the earth The Encyclopedia Britannica 2006b . English is used widely in public or private sphere in more than 100 countries all over the world The Columbia Encyclopedia 2006d . Five thousand newspapers . more than half of the newspapers published in the world are published in English Yamaguchi 2002 c . English learners can also update their knowledge faster and more effectively than others in different areas such as academic science technology because most of the information and knowledge in these areas are transferred in English. Over 70 of the world s scientists read English Hasman 2007 c . Following World War II the economic and cultural influence of the United States increased and English permeated other cultures chiefly through development to telecommunications technology and became the lingua franca of the world Crystal 1997 a Brutt-Griffer 2002 Seidlhofer 2003 McKay 2003 Llurda 2004 and Ha 2005 a . In sum the role of English language acquisition is more and more important. However the process of English acquisition is not easy and ideal as the benefits that the language brings to learners. They must make great efforts to face not only some visible difficulties such as a large number of vocabularies using learned words in writing speaking effectively and remembering difficult grammar structures as well as using it in suitable situations but also the unexpected and unrecognizable challenge that is making errors. Although learners try to study well making errors during the learning process is natural and unavoidable. This more tolerant modern approach is .