Mistakes

Our philosophy.

Hi. Just to clarify our philosophy on mistakes.

We hope to help you to achieve the best English possible, and find the important errors and correct them in a way that will help you understand exactly why that is a mistake and, hopefully, stop you making the same mistake in the future. Because the teacher wants to concentrate on what’s important, and give a comprehensive explanation, that means not everything you say will be corrected.

Why?

Because it would soon become very confusing, and, almost all modern teaching methodologies agree that to correct all of a student's mistakes is not a good idea, because it stops them writing and speaking and communicating and enjoying the language.

We have an unconscious faculty in our brains that corrects our mistakes for us. It may not happen for a while, but, after making the same mistake X10 times and knowing the correct form “elsewhere” in the brain – the brain corrects itself.

This is how babies learn – who do not have access to grammar books. It is also how 90% plus of errors and mistakes are corrected: by exposure to more and more correct English and by self-correction.

So, don’t worry, important mistakes will be frequently addressed on this forum. The principle thing is for you to talk and communicate and enjoy English by exchanging ideas and thoughts and dreams with each other.

Good luck!

hello please help me to learn inglish because i will go to indonesie for having surf and i would like understand people

Hello, my name is Fafaelle and i want to improve my english!!!!It's very important today to travel and to communicate with a lot of people.

Dear Elvie,

A little correction;

hello please help me to learn inglish  English because i will go to Indonesia for having surf to go surfing and i would like to understand people.

How exciting !!!!! How long will you stay and what cities will you visit?

Cheers, Liz 

Welcome to Mycow Fafaelle,

Where would you like to travel ?

Cheers,

Liz 

Re : our philosophy 

I agree with your comments about mistakes

isn't it more important to communicate in the first place ?

Re: Elvie 

Surfing in Indonesia must be great ! Could you tell me some vocabulary related to surfing?

bye sally

I do agree. It is more important to communicate in the first place, if we speak about English for work or for travelling,.... For example in business it is not necessary to speak the Queen's English but to understand and express ideas clearly. So the mistakes to be corrected should be the ones leading to serious misunderstandings, for example on prices, payment terms,...and the ones about crosscultural matters.

Learning English can be targeted on needs. What do you need English for?