Error correction, revision, and learning

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 292-305

  Truscott, John ^a   Hsu, Angela Yi ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Correction debate; Error correction; Learning; Revision

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049099557     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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