IRANIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL EFL STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD CORRECTION OF ORAL ERRORS

The correction of EFL learners' oral errors in speaking English is a challenging matter among teachers and researchers. In this regard most of the teachers use students' preferences in correction of oral errors in classroom. This study investigated the ideas and attitudes of 25 EFL students in grade three at secondary school level in Fouman, Iran. This study answered to the trinary questions about 1) general attitudes of EFL students toward oral error correction, 2) students' attitudes toward correction of different types of oral errors, and 3) their preferences about different methods of oral error correction. And at the end of this research that was based on the questionnaire, EFL students had propensity for correction of errors by the teachers, and also most of them disagreed with peer-correction. In the case of correction of different types of errors they wanted the teachers to correct them all, especially grammar and pronunciation errors. Conducting studies like this may help the better teaching and learning of foreign languages.