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ELT Journal 1986 40(2):146-151; doi:10.1093/elt/40.2.146
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Communication and correction in the classmom

Dermot F. Murphy

Dermot Murphy is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at St Mary's College, Twickenham. After teaching EFL overseas for a number of years, he worked at Bell College, Saffron Walden and at the University of Lancaster. He has lectured on ELT in Brazil, France, Germany, Morocco, Peru, and Thailand. His main interests are in the training of secondary teachers and design of secondary-level materials and curricula.

In this article I consider the correction of two kinds of error: errors of accuracy and errors of fluency. I describe the way we use feedback to keep talk going in conversation, contrasting this with what often happens in language classrooms. Next I describe the functions of feedback in conversation and exemplify how it is given, concluding with suggestions to develop feedback on fluency in the classroom, so that learners may develop this aspect of language use. The proposals are based on personal experience in the classroom.


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