ELT365 · Day 204 — Written Feedback — Margin Codes

Idea — Margin codes tell learners the type of error without giving the answer: T = tense, Sp = spelling, WO = word order. Learners self-correct.

Example — ‘She have been there’ gets a T in the margin. The learner finds and fixes it — and learns more than from a red cross.

Try — Design a ten-code margin-code system for the error types you see most in your learners’ writing. Introduce it on the next set.

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