Error correction in English composition class : a comparative study of Bangla medium and English medium school

Abstract

In Bangladesh, both the Bangla medium schools and English medium schools follow different methods, different approaches and also follow different strategies for teaching the target language. The hypothesis of this paper is - Error has some positive and also some negative effect on the learners but this depends on the types and techniques of correcting students' errors. Both the teacher and the students play a very important role for the issue of error correction. For this, the researcher collected the data from both the students and the teachers. The researcher has designed same type of questions for both the teachers and the students. The researcher also made a comparative study by analyzing data from one Bangla medium school and from one english medium school. The students were from class III and the teachers were English teachers. After analyzing the findings, the hypothesis has been proven true and the researcher also fined that the teachers follow different methods and techniques for both Bangla medium and English medium school.