Exam skills: 6 tips about learning from mistakes

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Making mistakes is normal. When you're learning anything new, you're bound to make mistakes – and this is true when learning English. But there are different types of mistakes and how you deal with them depends on the type of error you've made. Watch this video to find out six top tips to help you learn from your mistakes. Then visit our website and test your understanding in our quiz: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/english-you-need/unit-22/session-1 [Images: Getty Images] Transcript Rob When you're learning anything new, you're bound to make mistakes – and this is true when learning English. But there are different types of mistakes and how you deal with them depends on the type of error you've made. Listen to our top tips to help you out… Some mistakes are just slips. In speaking, these might not matter so much, you can self-correct or just continue speaking in most situations. In writing, you should proofread your work and look out for the typical slips and mistakes you make and correct them. However some slips might be more serious because they seem so normal to you that you forget that you've made them. You need to be careful with these. To start with you need to recognise when you’ve made this type of mistake. If you’re unsure, get a teacher or a friend to listen or read your work and identify where you've gone wrong. Other types of mistake are those that you make when you are trying out the new language you have learned. It's normal to get a

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