Error Correction: Register and Style
Error correction register and style is the C1 advanced self-editing skill that targets the subtle register-and-style errors that distinguish C1 fluency from B2 polish. The worksheet covers errors in formality matching (get in academic writing), academic-register slippage (using show where demonstrate is needed), idiomatic over-reach (using idioms in formal writing), connotation mistakes (childish vs childlike), and over-nominalisation in academic prose. Learners build the stylistic self-editing skill that C1 examiners reward directly.
This worksheet builds C1 self-editing fluency with register and style errors.
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What’s inside:
- A bank of 25 sentences with one register or style error each
- Error-category labels with explanatory notes
- Rewriting task: produce register-appropriate alternatives
- Self-check protocol for own academic and formal writing
- Teacher Notes with C1 assessment criteria
Common challenges: Register-precision at C1 — recognising that get is fine in some contexts and disastrous in others. Idiom-appropriateness: when to use, when to avoid. Connotation tracking: childish (negative) vs childlike (positive) — same root, opposite charge.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR C1, in advanced classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Supports Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE) and C2 Proficiency (CPE) Writing assessment. Part of the Error Correction collection — the natural next step is Learner Error Awareness: German Speakers.
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