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Jeong, Allan; Li, Haiying; Pan, Andy Jiaren – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
Given that grammatical and spelling errors have been found to influence perceived competence and credibility in written communication, this study examined how a student's grammar and spelling errors affect how other students respond to the student's postings in four online debates hosted in asynchronous threaded discussions. Message-response…
Descriptors: Spelling, Grammar, Error Patterns, Writing Skills
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Kung, Shiao-Chuan – ELT Journal, 2004
This paper describes a project involving EFL learners in synchronous electronic discussions. The output of the students' interactions was analyzed qualitatively to uncover the main linguistic and interactional features. It was observed that the students' discussions contained a large number of spelling, usage, and grammatical errors, an almost…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Instruction, Second Language Instruction