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The Composing Processes of Advanced ESL Students: Six Case Studies.

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Zamel, Vivian – TESOL Quarterly, 1983

A study shows that advanced ESL students explore and clarify ideas and attend to language-related concerns primarily after their ideas have been delineated. These results call into question the prescriptive approach to writing instruction that is overly concerned with correctness. (MSE)

Descriptors: Advanced Students, English (Second Language), Language Processing, Prewriting

Student Reactions to Teacher Response in Multiple-Draft Composition Classrooms.

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Ferris, Dana R. – TESOL Quarterly, 1995

English-as-a-Second-Language university students in a multiple-draft composition setting were found to pay more attention to teachers' comments on preliminary drafts than on final drafts; pay most attention to comments on grammar; and consider teachers' comments helpful overall. Problems with teacher comments and implications of the study are…

Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Feedback, Foreign Students