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Diez-Bedmar, Maria Belen – International Journal of English Studies, 2011
In this paper an updated overview of the main errors that Spanish students make when writing the English exam in the University Entrance Examination is provided. To do so, a Computer-aided Error Analysis (CEA) (Dagneaux, Denness & Granger, 1998) was conducted on a representative sample of the students who took the exam in June 2008 in Jaen,…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Academic Achievement, Error Analysis (Language), Foreign Countries
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Hull, Glynda; And Others – Computers and the Humanities, 1987
Examines the use of computers for error detection in natural language texts. Focuses on a computer program designed to teach students to edit their papers for errors using pattern matching in error detection. Describes a "pedagogy for editing" and speculates on ways to improve computer detection of errors in natural language texts. (AEM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Editing, Educational Technology
Mills, Jon – 1994
Discussion of the use of computerized concordancers (computer software packages that enable large quantities of text to be searched for all occurrences of a particular lexical item) focuses on their potential as a tool for students to use in learning a second language. In considering the pedagogical value of such tools, three areas are considered.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Error Analysis (Language), Foreign Countries
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Povey, John, Ed. – 1977
This issue of the workpapers includes the following reports and papers: "The ESL Service Courses at UCLA: A Progress Report," by Kathleen M. Bailey; "A Comparison of Item Analysis Programs," by Earl Rand; "Stereotypes in Media - or - How to Avoid Functional Fixedness," by James Heaton; "The Search for a Second Language Acquisition Index of…
Descriptors: Arabic, Bilingualism, Child Language, College Language Programs