Focus on form in the foreign language classroom: Students' and teachers' views on error correction and the role of grammar

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 343-364

  Schulz, Renate A ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0000764736     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1996.tb01247.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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