{"id":7242,"date":"2021-05-31T14:28:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T14:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/?p=7242"},"modified":"2021-05-31T14:28:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T14:28:32","slug":"mistakes-help-you-learn-freedom-to-fail-in-games-and-language-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=7242","title":{"rendered":"Mistakes help you learn \u2013 freedom to fail in games and language learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maija Kozlova has published an article &#8216;Mistakes help you learn \u2013 freedom to fail in games and language learning&#8217; on the Cambridge English blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She says, &#8220;It is not uncommon for English language lessons to favour communication over accuracy: real life is nothing like a classroom! In real-life situations, when you make a mistake in the language you are learning, context provides ample information as to what the intended message is. In fact, most of the time, impeccable accuracy is not needed at all! \u2018Don\u2019t worry about making mistakes,\u2019 I used to tell my English language students, \u2018communicating is the most important thing!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eltsummit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.famd8-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.6435-9\/p960x960\/193175934_4360267453984499_2338364614588672115_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&amp;ccb=1-3&amp;_nc_sid=730e14&amp;_nc_ohc=jIAoUK5xK58AX_Su0hW&amp;tn=FGDMTCeXeSSm3rTG&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.famd8-1.fna&amp;tp=6&amp;oh=8f0debb5b8288814fd32f24bdbb15a60&amp;oe=60DBAABC\" alt=\"May be an image of one or more people and text\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What does the research say?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While making mistakes when trying to master a language might seem counter-intuitive, letting learners freely communicate and negotiate meaning is key to success. A learner who communicates a lot while making a few mistakes is much more likely to develop confidence for dealing with real-life situations than a learner who communicates very little because they\u2019re afraid of making any. In communicative language teaching, for example, the teacher is tasked with both encouraging the learner to express themselves and with providing corrective feedback in a way that is not obstructive to communication (e.g. Brandl 2008)&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgeenglish.org\/blog\/mistakes-help-you-learn-freedom-to-fail-in-games-and-language-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mistakes help you learn \u2013 freedom to fail in games and language learning<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maija Kozlova has published an article &#8216;Mistakes help you learn \u2013 freedom to fail in games and language learning&#8217; on the Cambridge English blog. She says, &#8220;It is not uncommon for English language lessons to favour communication over accuracy: real life is nothing like a classroom! 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