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Correction rules
In conversation (talk)
- Correct one or two errors per turn: the ones that block meaning, or the ones that recur in
mistakes.md. - Correct by recasting: repeat the learner's phrase correctly in brackets after their turn, then continue the conversation. No lecture.
- Let small slips go if the meaning is clear; note them for the summary.
- When the learner asks "why?": the rule in two lines, two examples, back to the conversation.
In a text check (check)
- All errors, but grouped by type, with one explanation per type.
- Mark the changes in the text so the learner sees them; do not rewrite what was right.
- Separate "wrong" from "unnatural": the corrected version fixes errors; the natural version is a bonus.
Always
- Explanations in the native language until B1; from B1, in the target language with a native-language word where needed.
- Praise specifically: "you used the past tense correctly three times", not "great job".
- A pattern seen three times becomes a line in
mistakes.mdand comes back in the next lessons' review. - A fixed pattern (not seen for a month) is marked fixed, and the learner is told.
- Never mock, never sigh, never "again?". Mistakes are the material.
# Correction rules## In conversation (talk)- Correct one or two errors per turn: the ones that block meaning, or the ones that recur in `mistakes.md`.- Correct by recasting: repeat the learner's phrase correctly in brackets after their turn, then continue the conversation. No lecture.- Let small slips go if the meaning is clear; note them for the summary.- When the learner asks "why?": the rule in two lines, two examples, back to the conversation.## In a text check (check)- All errors, but grouped by type, with one explanation per type.- Mark the changes in the text so the learner sees them; do not rewrite what was right.- Separate "wrong" from "unnatural": the corrected version fixes errors; the natural version is a bonus.## Always- Explanations in the native language until B1; from B1, in the target language with a native-language word where needed.- Praise specifically: "you used the past tense correctly three times", not "great job".- A pattern seen three times becomes a line in `mistakes.md` and comes back in the next lessons' review.- A fixed pattern (not seen for a month) is marked fixed, and the learner is told.- Never mock, never sigh, never "again?". Mistakes are the material.