It is important and necessary to correct the errors of a student in a Chinese language school when he or she is learning Chinese. The teachers should distinguish the types of the errors and correct them in a proper and right way at a proper time. When the Chinese teachers are correcting the errors of students, four points should be paid attention to. The teachers can ask themselves four questions related to the four points to know the nature of error correction. The first one is whether all errors should be corrected. The second is how to correct the errors. The third is when the best time to correct the errors is. The fourth is who to correct the errors.

Now let’s see each point one by one. The first point emphasizes three aspects to distinguish whether all the errors should be corrected. Generally speaking, there is no need to correct each error in each oral practice. The first aspect of the first point is to see whether the error is bad or not. The second aspect of the first point is to see whether the emphasis is put on accuracy or fluency. The third aspect of the first point is that the correction should be equivalent to the levels of the students. The second point is how to correct errors. When teachers are instructing the students to correct the errors in the process to study Mandarin Chinese, the methods of the errors correction should not frustrate the pride and enthusiasm of the students. The methods can be classified to two kinds, the explicit correction and the implicit correction.

The third point is what the most proper time of correction is. The error correction should notice the time to correct the errors. One principle is to not influence the fluent expression of the students. The implicit correction should follow the errors and the correction will not influence the coherence of the expression. But this kind of correction should be controlled to reach the best results. The explicit correction should be put at the evaluation period. The fourth point is who to correct the errors. In most cases, the teachers will take the responsibility to correct the errors. Of course, the students can correct the errors of each other, which is on the basis of equal grammar of the students.

The four points of the errors correction should be paid attention to. In the process of learning language, the error correction plays an important role in the grasp of the language. The teachers should notice the errors of the students.