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Reynolds, Barry Lee; Kao, Chian-Wen – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2016
In an article published in "System" Vol. 40 Andrew Sampson (2012) made several claims regarding the positive effect of "coding" or "marking" of second language writing errors and how the use of said coding can have a positive effect on the number of errors appearing in L2 writers' subsequent writings. However, upon…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Kalindi, Sylvia C.; McBride, Catherine; Dan, Lin – Reading Research Quarterly, 2018
Considering the importance attached to writing as a life skill, this study investigated the nature and variability of adults' aid to Zambian second graders in the context of shared writing in Bemba (first language), and the relations between this support and students' literacy and cognitive-metalinguistic skills. Fifty-seven children and their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Emergent Literacy
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Alzahrani, Hamdan Farhan – TESOL International Journal, 2016
This paper reports on a study exploring English language teachers' stated beliefs on coded unfocused corrective feedback in improving learners' writing accuracy at King Abdulaziz University (KAU). A questionnaire with both closed and open ended items was taken by ten participants. The results of the study indicate that many participants in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Sampson, Andrew – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2012
This paper reports on a small-scale study into the effects of uncoded correction (writing the correct forms above each error) and coded annotations (writing symbols that encourage learners to self-correct) on Colombian university-level EFL learners' written work. The study finds that while both coded annotations and uncoded correction appear to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)