Teaching Skills
Microcredential
Turn learner mistakes into powerful learning opportunities.
Every error your students make is a clue about what they understand, what they're still working out, and what they need from you next. This microcredential helps you read those clues and respond with feedback that builds accuracy and confidence, instead of one at the expense of the other.
This practical four-module course will help you move beyond simply correcting errors to understanding what they reveal about language development. You will learn how to identify different types of errors, decide when correction is useful, and choose feedback techniques that improve accuracy without damaging confidence or communication. Through real classroom examples and learner writing, you will develop the skills to make smarter correction decisions and provide feedback that truly supports progress.
Whether you are a new teacher or an experienced practitioner, this module will help you see learner errors not as problems to fix, but as valuable clues that can guide more effective teaching.
This course is for you if:
By the end of this course, you'll be able to:
Identify different types of learner error and what they reveal about a student’s stage of language development.
Judge when correction will help learning and when it will get in the way.
Choose feedback techniques suited to the error, the learner, and the moment — spoken or written.
Give corrective feedback that improves accuracy without undermining a student’s confidence or communication.
Apply your correction decisions to real classroom examples and authentic learner writing.
Our microcredentials are grouped into strands, each focused on a distinct area of teaching practice. Complete microcredentials within a strand to build depth in that area, or mix and match across strands to shape your own development path.
This course’s strand: Teaching Skills — practical, classroom-focused modules that sharpen the core skills of everyday teaching.
Teaching Skills
Plan purposeful lessons that engage learners.
Teaching Skills
Learn how to make pronunciation teaching more effective and engaging.
Microcredential · Teaching Skills
5 hours · 100% online and self-paced · Digital Microcredential Badge · £45.00 incl. UK VAT
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