Investigates three growing areas in language teaching: induction, the use of concordances, and self-correction. For a class of Thai university students, lexical items causing writing errors were identified. Students made concordances of the lexical items from the Internet and than induced patters from the concordance to apply in self correction of…

Investigates English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students' performance in error correction in writing and discusses the pedagogical implications that arise from the study. Findings reveal that students' major difficulty is failure to detect errors. Pedagogical implications indicate that error feedback is superior to overt correction and that some…

Describes a study of English writing by Norwegian English-as-a-foreign-language learners. Language problems on different linguistic levels are analyzed and the theory of compensatory strategies is used to explain the process behind the production. Results show that less proficient learners have a higher number of grammatical, orthographic, and…

Investigates the use of an annotation scheme in which students identify their own concerns through marginal or end-notes addressed to their teachers. The study's analysis focused on form, content, and students' views. Results indicate that students annotated mainly for syntax and lexis, in the form of confirmation requests. (21 references)…