Change in attitude towards language learners’ errors in language teaching

Abstract

Analysing and correcting language learners' errors is an important aspect of language teaching and an integral part of everyday practice in this field. The aim of this paper is to summarize how different language teaching methods, approaches, and associated theories relate to errors and error correction, and how the correction of language learners' errors has changed across these various methods and approaches. The paper examines the issue primarily from the perspective of language pedagogy, focusing on the most significant methods and approaches.