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Learners' Uses of Two Types of Written Feedback on a L2 Writing Revision Task
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Sachs, Rebecca; Polio, Charlene – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2007
This study examines the effectiveness of written error corrections versus reformulations of second language learners' writing as two means of improving learners' grammatical accuracy on a three-stage composition-comparison-revision task. Concurrent verbal protocols were employed during the comparison stage in order to study the learners' reported…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Writing (Composition), Revision (Written Composition), Adult Students