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Turnbull, Jill; Burston, Jack – On-Call, 1998
Describes a recent longitudinal case study of the concordancing strategies used by two nonnative English-speaking postgraduate students at Monash University, Australia. In the study, a computer-assisted technique was used to correct English expression in sections of the students' written texts; these texts were then used in the corpus for the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Error Correction, Feedback
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Lyster, Roy – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1998
Examines aspects of communicative classroom discourse that may affect the potential of recasts to be noticed as negative evidence by young second-language learners. The database comprises transcripts of over 18 hours of interaction recorded during 27 lessons in four immersion classrooms at the primary level. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Classroom Communication, Databases, Discourse Analysis
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Magilow, Daniel H. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1999
This action research case study examined how to handle error correction. Based on an action research cycle that incorporated related second language acquisition studies into the planning stage, the project focused on teacher behaviors and motivations in corrective feedback, including how feedback was given and perceived. Results indicate how…
Descriptors: Action Research, Case Studies, College Students, Error Correction
Arani, Mhmoud T. – 1993
The purpose of this study was to: (1) describe differences in performance by non-native learners of English, when writing in different genres; (2) determine communicative value of grammatical errors as judged by a panel of native speakers; and (3) demonstrate inconsistencies in native speaker judgment of error gravity. Subjects were 20…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Correction
Parrino, Angela – 1997
An advocate of the Natural Approach to second language instruction discusses problems associated with error correction, highlighted in her personal experience when she visited Italy to explore her heritage and use her Italian language skills. After requesting to have her errors corrected by a native-speaking friend, the visitor experienced great…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Error Correction
Pienemann, Manfred – 1995
This introduction to second language learning is intended to provide language teachers with basic information on relevant principles and processes. After an introductory chapter, the second chapter looks at traditional beliefs about language learning, including those concerning transfer of first-language knowledge to the second language, the role…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Objectives, Error Correction
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1987
Stage Two of the Title IV Quality Control Study evaluated quality in the Department of Education's major student financial assistance programs, by identifying, measuring, and analyzing the causes of inaccurate awarding of student aid funds. This volume recommends and evaluates four major levels of corrective actions to reduce error: (1) reducing…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Change, Error Correction, Higher Education
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Masuko, Mayumi – Language Sciences, 1996
Discusses why Japanese students frequently passivize certain intransitive English verbs. It is suggested that students might make this error because they associate adversity with the passive construction and use passives whenever adversity is implied. Discussion of other expressions implying adversity and implications for both applied and…
Descriptors: Discourse Modes, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Correction
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Akindele, Femi – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1996
Outlines issues in the teaching of discourse organization to learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). Describes such discourse features as turn-taking, turn-allocation, transaction, exchanges, repair strategies, topic selection and change, and error correction, and suggests classroom techniques and activities for teaching them. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis
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Christensen, Linda M. – English Journal, 1990
Critiques the practice of conforming to Standard English when teaching writing. Argues that when more attention is paid to form than to content, students' words and thoughts become devalued. Emphasizes the need to teach students to hold their own voices sacred, and discusses instructional strategies which encourage this attitude. (MM)
Descriptors: English, English Instruction, Error Correction, Language Usage
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Harmer, Jeremy – ELT Journal, 1995
Explains why teachers might feel uneasy about the apparent lessening of their crucial position at the front of the class when a learner-centered model is used. Attempts to show how teacher ego is not incompatible with different teacher roles; acceptance of a predilection for performance may be the first stage in a richer description of teacher…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, English (Second Language), Error Correction, Feedback
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Kelm, Orlando R. – Foreign Language Annals, 1992
Some personal observations are offered about second-language teaching where nonnative speakers of Portuguese participated in class discussions via real time computer networks. Preliminary observations suggest that computer-assisted class discussions may promote student participation, reduce anxiety, and increase identification of language errors.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Error Correction
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Shafrir, Uri; Pascual-Leone, Juan – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
The ability of 378 elementary school students (aged 9-12 years) in Israel to extract "lawfulnesses" (invariants) from experience and to react to error by reexamining the problem and finding the error was studied on a self-paced inference task. Results are discussed in terms of postfailure reflectivity and postfailure impulsivity. (SLD)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attention, Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Tempo
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Henry, George M. – CALICO Journal, 1991
Typical markup methods for providing feedback to foreign language learners are not applicable to languages not written in a strictly linear fashion. A modification of Hart's edit markup software is described, along with a second variation based on a simple edit distance algorithm adapted to a general Southeast Asian font system. (10 references)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Editing, Error Analysis (Language)
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Chin-Liou, Hsien; And Others – CALICO Journal, 1992
A one-year study is reported that addresses whether and in which way grammatically computer-assisted language learning (CALL) can help English writing instruction in a Taiwanese setting. Results of a CALL courseware intervention with first-year college students suggest that classroom instruction combined with grammatical CALL is at least not…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
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