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The Effectiveness of Written Corrective Feedback in Teaching Beginning German
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Vyatkina, Nina – Foreign Language Annals, 2010
This study explores the effectiveness of instructor-written corrective feedback for the improvement of writing accuracy by beginning college-level learners of German. The researcher investigated changes in error rates in six error categories in essay writing in correlation with three different corrective feedback types administered consistently…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Instructional Effectiveness, German, Grammar
The Preferences of ESL Students for Error Correction in College-Level Writing Classes.
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Leki, Ilona – Foreign Language Annals, 1991
Presents the results of a survey of 100 English-as-a-Second-Language college students about what kinds of paper corrective marking techniques help them the most to improve their writing, which corrections they read, which corrections they retain best, and their reactions to positive and negative comments on the form and content of their writing.…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Error Correction, Feedback
Two Modes of Correcting Communicative Tasks: Recent Findings.
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O'Relly, Leonor V.; Flaitz, Jeffra; Kromrey, Jeffrey – Foreign Language Annals, 2001
Examined the output produced by 46 university students of Spanish at the intermediate level during focused or unfocused communication tasks that required the use of command forms in Spanish. Also examined whether the learners who experienced the focused communication tasks would maintain linguistic accuracy during an unfocused communication task…
Descriptors: College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Error Correction, Feedback
An Investigation of Students' Perspectives on Anxiety and Speaking.
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Young, Dolly Jesusita – Foreign Language Annals, 1990
A survey identified sources of anxiety among 135 beginning college Spanish students and 109 high school students. Results suggest that speaking in the foreign language is not the exclusive source of anxiety. The teacher's relaxed and positive error-correction attitude can reduce anxiety among students greatly. (36 references) (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Students, Communication Apprehension, Error Correction
Immersion Study Abroad in Mexico: Using Repair Behaviors to Assess Proficiency Changes
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Smartt, Jerry T.; Scudder, Rosalind R. – Foreign Language Annals, 2004
Repair behavior in university-level students was investigated to determine if students who study abroad use repair behavior differently from students who do not. The Mexico group (N =24) studied Conversational Spanish at La Salle University, Cancun. The U.S. group (N = 9) completed the same course at Friends University, Wichita, Kansas. Pretest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Conversational Language Courses, Spanish
A Study of Consciousness-Raising by Computer: The Effect of Metalinguistic Feedback on Second Language Learning.
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Nagata, Noriko; Swisher, M. Virginia – Foreign Language Annals, 1995
Investigates the effectiveness of two types of computer feedback: one is traditional computer feedback that indicates only missing or unexpected words in the learner's response, and the other is intelligent computer feedback that provides further information about the nature of the errors in the form of metalinguistic rules. (17 references)…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Consciousness Raising