Inordertolearnaforeignlanguagewell,itisnecessarytoovercomethefearofmakingmistakes.Ifthebasicgoaloflanguageuseiscommunication,thenmistakesaresecondaryconsiderationsthatmaybedealtwithgraduallyasrealizationofthosemistakesincrease.Ontheotherhand,studentsshouldnotignoretheirmistakes.①Thelanguagelearnermayobservehownativespeakersexpressthemselves,andhownativeexpressionsdifferfromthewaythelearnermightsaythem.Forexample,aSpanishspeakerwhohasbeensaying“Idoit”toexpresswillingnesstodosomethingintheimmediatefuture,could,byinteractingwithnativespeakersofEnglish,observethatnativespeakersactuallysay“I’lldoit”.TheresultingdifferencecanserveasabasisforthestudenttocorrecthiswayofusingthepresenttenseinEnglish.Butastudentwhoisunwillingtointeractinthefirstplacewouldlosethisopportunitytolearnbytrialanderror.②[167words]