NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 20240
Since 2021 (last 5 years)0
Since 2016 (last 10 years)8
Since 2006 (last 20 years)13
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Test of English for…1
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 13 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Solikhah, Imroatus – Dinamika Ilmu, 2017
This experimental research examines: (1) significant differences of corrections on grammar, sentence variety and developing details on the quality of the essay by Indonesian learners; and (2) different effect of corrections on grammar, sentence variety, and developing details on the quality of the essay. Treatments for each were served as follows:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Essays, Writing Difficulties
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Yang, Yu-Fen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2018
This study reports on how students construct new language knowledge by indirect feedback in web-based collaborative writing. Indirect feedback (text organization, reader-based perspectives, and clarity of purpose) encourages students to negotiate meaning instead of merely copying peers' direct feedback on grammatical corrections. According to the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Collaborative Writing, Questionnaires, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ranalli, Jim; Link, Stephanie; Chukharev-Hudilainen, Evgeny – Educational Psychology, 2017
An increasing number of studies on the use of tools for automated writing evaluation (AWE) in writing classrooms suggest growing interest in their potential for formative assessment. As with all assessments, these applications should be validated in terms of their intended interpretations and uses. A recent argument-based validation framework…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Formative Evaluation, Decision Making
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Khanlarzadeh, Mobin; Nemati, Majid – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2016
The effectiveness of written corrective feedback (WCF) in the improvement of language learners' grammatical accuracy has been a topic of interest in SLA studies for the past couple of decades. The present study reports the findings of a three-month study investigating the effect of direct unfocused WCF on the grammatical accuracy of elementary…
Descriptors: Grammar, Control Groups, Pretests Posttests, Experimental Groups
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Dlaska, Andrea; Krekeler, Christian – Language Learning Journal, 2017
It has been questioned whether students notice, act upon and, ultimately, learn from feedback if feedback about a task is received in conjunction with grades. If grades undermine feedback, it could be argued that it is a waste of teachers' time to add comments to students' written work if the students also receive grades. With reference to SLA…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Second Language Learning, Feedback (Response), Morphology (Languages)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Patchan, Melissa M.; Schunn, Christian D.; Correnti, Richard J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Although feedback is often seen as a critical component of the learning process, many open questions about how specific feedback features contribute to the effectiveness of feedback remain--especially in regards to peer feedback of writing. Nelson and Schunn (2009) identified several important features of peer feedback in their nature of feedback…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Revision (Written Composition), Regression (Statistics), Student Improvement
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Liao, Hui-Chuan – ELT Journal, 2016
Despite the recent development of automated writing evaluation (AWE) technology and the growing interest in applying this technology to language classrooms, few studies have looked at the effects of using AWE on reducing grammatical errors in L2 writing. This study identified the primary English grammatical error types made by 66 Taiwanese…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Revision (Written Composition), Process Approach (Writing), Grammar
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Chukharev-Hudilainen, Evgeny; Saricaoglu, Aysel – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
Expressing causal relations plays a central role in academic writing. While it is important that writing instructors assess and provide feedback on learners' causal discourse, it could be a very time-consuming task. In this respect, automated writing evaluation (AWE) tools may be helpful. However, to date, there have been no AWE tools capable of…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Feedback (Response), Undergraduate Students, Accuracy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Saeedi, Zari; Meihami, Hussein – Teaching English with Technology, 2015
This paper aims at accentuating and exploring the effect of using electronic portfolio (EP) platform in providing corrective feedback (CF) on EFL students' overall and micro-componential writing performance. Moreover, by conducting a semi-structured interview, the study seeks to obtain students' attitudes towards the use of EP in three aspects,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Error Correction, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Shirazi, Masoumeh Ahmadi; Shekarabi, Zeinab – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2014
This study is an attempt to investigate the effect of direct and indirect feedback on the writing performance of Iranian learners of Japanese as a foreign language. During one academic semester, three indirect feedback types including underlining, coding and translation were used as well as direct type of feedback in order to see which one makes a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Japanese
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Shim, Yae Jie – Teaching English with Technology, 2013
The error-correction program "Criterion" provides students with an immediate essay feedback using tools that can analyze and review writing automatically. This feedback covers grammar, usage, mechanics, style, organization, and development. With its diagnostic tools for scoring essays and offering relevant feedback, the error-correction…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Writing Evaluation, Essays, Scoring
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Wichadee, Saovapa – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2013
The current study explores how integrating a social networking website called Facebook with peer feedback in groups supports student learning, investigates the nature of feedback students received on their writing, and examines their attitudes towards the use of Facebook for peer feedback. The study involves 30 undergraduate students who…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Web Sites, Grammar, Feedback (Response)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Thouësny, Sylvie – Research-publishing.net, 2011
In contrast to standardised assessment, dynamic assessment (DA) simultaneously combines teaching and assessment activities. The key difference between standardised and dynamic approaches lies in the fact that, in the latter, an expert is allowed to provide assistance to a novice during the assessment process. Mediation, whether in the form of…
Descriptors: French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computational Linguistics