A Study On The Effectiveness Of Error Correction In Classroom Teaching Of Chinese As A Foreign Language

Corrective feedback, also known as error correction, which is an usual question in L2 classrooms. Corrective feedback is thought important by researchers of L2 acquisition. It has received a lot of attention from the circle of Teaching English as Second Language (TESL), but is also an untouched problem in the circle of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (TCFL). This paper presents a study of corrective feedback and leaner uptake in eight TCFL classrooms of grade three on ACC. We collected the recording from eight teachers classrooms, and found out all the errors and corrective from the recording. Interviewing of teachers and questionnaire of students was also be used to research which is the most effective feedback corrections.The findings indicate that teachers tend to use recast, because it not only provides the correct language form, but also let student pay attention to errors and correct errors. Recast, guide, and clearly correction are often used by teachers, and they are also the most acceptive ways to students. These ways are the most effective feedback corrections.About the time of corrective feedback, if the error has no influence on the whole meaning of sentence, teacher will correct the error immediately. If correct the error may change the meaning, teacher will let the student finish this sentence, than teacher will correct the error. Also, teachers are polite and patient when correct errors. This is a way that make students feel comfortable and not anxious when correct errors.Students also tend to accept gentle and polite attitude of teachers, because it can make a classroom become more relax, and students will have less anxiety.Whether a corrective feedback is effective is based on the error was corrected and students have no anxiety. Error-corrective method, error-corrective timing tactic, error-corrective emotional stance and the differences of teachers and students all have influence on corrective feedback. Therefore, an efficient corrective feedback combines all the aspects but a single aspect.