The case for "The Case Against Grammar Correction in L2 Writing Classes": A response to Ferris

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-122

  Truscott, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0013147857     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1060-3743(99)80124-6     Document Type: Article

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