I Like This Ideas Of Language “Upgrading” Instead Of Language “Correction”

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Debates among ELL teachers about how to handle error correction are about as never-ending as debates among all teachers about grading.

I’ve shared a lot about it at The Best Resources On ESL/EFL/ELL Error Correction.

My favorite form is by “recasting” – instead of overt correction, “recast” how a student made an error in their language use (“I go to the store yesterday” – “Oh, you went to the store yesterday”).  Of course, sometimes that subtly is lost on students, and then an explicit correction is needed.

I’ve recently read some posts about the idea of language “upgrading” instead of correction.  It’s sort of a less subtle version of recasting.

Here are some articles worth reading about it:

Upgrading or correcting? is by Rachel Tsateri.

Pronunciation upgrading and correction

Svetlana Kandybovich wrote a great post about it and also created an AI-powered tool to help students with it! Check out her post, LANGUAGE UPGRADES: ‘GRIDSKAI’. Here’s a link to her tool, and here’s a video about it: