TEACHING SPOT: Correction symbols

CORRECTION SYMBOLS

This method consists of marking the line where the mistake/error is and putting the symbols which describes what type of mistake/error is.

Teachers have to design a common “symbol table”. This method will be used by the teacher since the first correction (the early years of primary) so students get used to it.

With this methodology students think about their own compositions and correct the mistakes/errors to be right.

V -> Verbal tense X -> Remove/change a word M -> Missing words O -> Spelling ¿? -> Not understood/Change expression S-P -> Coordination subject and predicate =D -> Excellent =) -> Good =/ -> Think twice =( -> Ohh!

For example:

Hi Mary! Today I’ve been my first day of class in the college. At 8 o’clock I’ve haven my first subject. My teacher is Antonio Garcés. He was my teacher of the other subject, the pass year, so I knew him. He is a good teacher and he knows english so much. I’m sure that I will learn english with him. For this reason, I’ve chosen this major, because I want to learn english because I will be an English teacher in the future.     =)