▶ Your Answer :
We make conversations everyday, and there
must be sometimes to make mistakes. In this situation, the second option looks
best because of the subsequent two reasons.
To start with, the speaker should know what
he said wrong not to lose his trust in future speech. In addition, it is always
good to revise the mistakes when it is possible. For instance, I did a group
project last month with my co-worker. There was an issue about how to improve
current investment procedure in R&D center. While we were discussing about
the solution, the leader of our project used incorrect words repeatedly. I knew
what he was meant to say, but the pronunciation he made was slightly different
from the real one. However, nobody told him the fact, and he spoke the word in
a same way in front of his team leader. Just because of this, his team leader
began to think that the project leader might not know about the issue exactly.
In this regard, I don't think the third option, say nothing, is desirable.
On the other hand, to interrupt and correct
the mistake instantly might hurt the speakers' minds. Since all people want to be respected, they
don't want to be attacked in front of many people. For example, in the past, I
sometimes gave feedback to correct some mistakes made by meeting leaders.
Although the purpose was to purely revise incorrect information, they felt like
I was attacking him. As a result, they also tried to attack me when I tried to
speak my opinions. At first, I didn't know why they were attacking me, but
after private talks, I realized that I was doing something wrong.
In summation, when leader says something
incorrect, I prefer to talk to him after meeting is over. This would help them
to be more trustful in future speech, and also make them feel respected. |