self-correction
noun[U]
ukustheprocessofcorrectingitself when thingsbeginto gowrong, withoutoutsidehelp:
Thecompanycannotfollowstrategiesthat areunprofitablewithout self-correction.
Examplesofself-correction
self-correction
From a cognitive perspective, reducing the commission of errors during learning reduces the demand onself-correctionprocesses.
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It is, in that sense, only a transitional usage, whose superseding byself-correctionis continuously awaited.
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The most commonself-correctionwas at the lexical level.
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For example, the scientific process involves ongoing testing andself-correction, whereas decision makers must act decisively, and with assurance, within relatively short time frames.
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She found that learners used strategies such asself-correctionand collaboration to exploit the linguistic and interactional features of online chatting.
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The findings reveal that, after a slow start, the tutees' rates ofself-correctionbegan to rise, indicating improvements in reading skills.
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Problem-solving mechanisms related to deficiencies in one's own language output have usually been termedself-correctionor self-repair.
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It looks like we have here a correction in next turn to line 6 (andself-correctionin the third turn of line 8).
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However, she does make one error with the use of the verb decide, followed by aself-correction, that highlights a weakness in the use of complement clauses.
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The less we subscribe to the domesticated pragmatist view of the spontaneousself-correctionof our practices, the less confident we shall become about the irrelevance of those old obsessions.
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The second example may be aself-correction.
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After the message has been encoded, the process of monitoring might reveal deficiencies in one's own language output, which will result in self-initiatedself-correctionor self-repair.
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I have deliberately chosen an extreme example, but it shows that there isself-correctionin the clause as it stands.
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Thisself-correctioncan best be illustrated by example.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is a substantial measure ofself-correctionunder such an arrangement.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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