It's not really true that nobody corrects children though. "I wanna banama." "Oh, you want a banana? Here you go..." This kind of interaction is very typical

It's not really true that nobody corrects children though. "I wanna banama." "Oh, you want a banana? Here you go..." This kind of interaction is very typical of parents speaking to their children, and it is immensely helpful in language learning. Overdoing correction, as offered in a classroom, on the other hand, is not helpful: "I go to cinema tomorrow." "No, I'm afraid you can't say 'to cinema' like that. Please open your grammar textbook and let us revisit the rule for article usage again..."