Principles of Remedial

Instruction

• Purpose of carrying-out remedial activities

• General principles for planning remedial activities
• Importance of learners’ feelings in the success of remedial activities
Remedial Activity

the extra work that is carried out during class or after class
which specifically focuses on the problem areas experienced by
the student(s)
Examples: oral reporting, games, production of
graphs/figures/models, role play, recording, visit and experiments
etc.
Purpose for Carrying-out Remedial Activities

🞆 To help learners overcome gaps and errors, specially

fossilized errors relative performance of
individual students
mistakes which students
make again and again
Purpose for Carrying-out Remedial Activities

🞆 To make learners notice their mistakes or errors and

discover for themselves what is wrong and what is right
🞆 To reactivate, consolidate, and clarify previously
presented language items
Purpose for Carrying-out Remedial Activities

🞆 To help students who are slow achievers in a particular

area
🞆 To monitor learners’ errors, mistakes or slips