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Why Correcting Every Mistake Can Make Language Learning Less Effective
Why Correcting Every Mistake Can Make Language Learning Less Effective | LEVITIN SCHOOL
Author’s Column | Tymur Levitin on Language, Meaning and Respect

Why Correcting Every Mistake Can Make Language Learning Less Effective

When Feedback Helps Learning — and When It Interrupts Thinking A student begins speaking in a foreign language. The first sentence contains an incorrect preposition. The teacher interrupts and corrects it. The student continues. A verb ending is wrong. Another correction. The student starts a third sentence, hesitates over word order and receives another explanation. […]

Tymur Levitin | LEVITIN SCHOOL Tymur Levitin
• 10.11.2026 • 14 min read
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