The contribution of written corrective feedback to language development: A ten month investigation

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-214

  Bitchener, John ^a   Knoch, Ute ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951235342     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/amp016     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Ashwell, T. 2000. 'Patterns of teacher response to student writing in a multi-draft composition classroom: Is content feedback followed by form feedback the best method?' Journal of Second Language Writing 9/3: 227-257
2. Bitchener, J. 2008. 'Evidence in support of written corrective feedback,' Journal of Second Language Writing 17: 102-118
3. Bitchener, J. and U. Knoch. 2008a. 'The value of written corrective feedback for migrant and international students,' Language Teaching Research Journal 12: 409-431
4. Bitchener, J. and U. Knoch. 2008b. 'The value of a focussed approach to written corrective feedback,' ELT Journal available at http://eltj. oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/ccn043v1. Last accessed 13 August 2008.
5. Bitchener, J. and U. Knoch. 2009. 'The relative effectiveness of different types of direct written corrective feedback,' System 37: 322-329
6. Bitchener, J., S. Young, and D. Cameron 2005. 'The effect of different types of corrective feedback on ESL student writing,' Journal of Second Language Writing 9: 227-258
7. Butler, Y. 2002. 'Second language learners' theories on the use of English articles,' Studies in Second Language Acquisition 24: 451-480
8. Carroll, S. 2001. Input and Evidence: The Raw Material of Second Language Acquisition. Benjamins.
9. Carroll, S. and M. Swain. 1993. 'Explicit and implicit negative feedback: an empirical study of the learning of linguistic generalizations,' Studies in Second Language Acquisition 15: 357-386
10. Chandler, J. 2000. 'The efficacy of error correction for improvement in the accuracy of L2 student writing'. Paper presented at the AAAL Conference, Vancouver, B.C., March.
11. Chandler, J. 2003. 'The efficacy of various kinds of error feedback for improvement in the accuracy and fluency of L2 student writing,' Journal of Second Language Writing 12: 267-296 (Pubitemid 37340608)
12. Clahsen, H., J. Meisel, and M. Pienemann. 1983. Deutsch als Zweitsprache. Der Spracherwerb auslandischer Arbeiter. Narr.
13. DeKeyser, R. 1993. 'The effect of error correction on L2 grammar knowledge and oral proficiency,' Modern Language Journal 77: 501-514
14. DeKeyser, R. 2004. 'Implicit and explicit learning' in A. Davies and C. Elder (eds): The Handbook of Applied Linguistics. Blackwell Publishers, pp. 313-348
15. Doughty, C. and E. Verela. 1998. 'Communicative focus on form' in C. Doughty and J. Williams (eds): Focus on Form in Classroom Second Language Acquisition. Cambridge University Press, pp. 114-138
16. Ellis, R. 2004. 'The definition and measurement of L2 explicit knowledge,' Language Learning 52/2: 227-275 (Pubitemid 38846206)
17. Ellis, R., S. Loewen, and R. Erlam. 2006. 'Implicit and explicit corrective feedback and the acquisition of L2 grammar,' Studies in Second Language Acquisition 28: 339-368 (Pubitemid 43615577)
18. Fathman, A. and E. Whalley. 1990. 'Teacher response to student writing: Focus on form versus content' in B. Kroll (ed.): Second Language Writing: Research Insights for the Classroom. Cambridge University Press, pp. 178-190
19. Ferris, D. R. 1995. 'Can advanced ESL students be taught to correct their most serious and frequent errors?' CATESOL Journal 8: 41-62.
20. Ferris, D. R. 1997. 'The influence of teacher commentary on student revision,' TESOL Quarterly 31: 315-339
21. Ferris, D. R. 1999. 'The case for grammar correction in L2 writing classes. A response to Truscott (1996),' Journal of Second Language Writing 8: 1-10.
22. Ferris, D. R. 2002. Treatment of Error in Second Language Student Writing. University of Michigan Press.
23. Ferris, D. R. 2003. Response to Student Writing: Implications for Second Language Students. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
24. Ferris, D. R. 2004. 'The "Grammar Correction" debate in L2 writing: Where are we, and where do we go from here? (and what do we do in the meantime . . . .?),' Journal of Second Language Writing 13: 49-62.
25. Ferris, D. R. 2006. 'Does error feedback help student writers? New evidence on the shortand long-term effects of written error correction' in K. Hyland and F. Hyland (eds): Perspectives on Response. Cambridge University Press.
26. Ferris, D. R. and M. Helt. 2000. 'Was Truscott right? New evidence on the effects of error correction in L2 writing classes'. Paper presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Vancouver, B.C., March.
27. Ferris, D. R. and B. Roberts. 2001. 'Error feedback in L2 writing classes: How explicit does it need to be?,' Journal of Second Language Writing 10: 161-184 (Pubitemid 33651015)
28. Ferris, D. R., S. J. Chaney, K. Komura, B. J. Roberts, and S. McKee. 2000. 'Perspectives, problems, and practices in treating written error'. Colloquium presented at International TESOL Convention, Vancouver, B.C., March.
29. Guenette, D. 2007. 'Is feedback pedagogically correct? Research design issues in studies of feedback on writing,' Journal of Second Language Writing 16: 40-53.
30. Han, Z. 2002. 'A study of the impact of recasts on tense consistency in L2 output,' TESOL Quarterly 36: 543-572
31. Havranek, G. and H. Cesnik. 2003. 'Factors affecting the success of corrective feedback' in S. Foster-Cohen and A. Nizegorodzew (eds): EuroSLA Yearbook, vol.1. Benjamins.
32. Hendrickson, J. 1981. Error Analysis and Error Correction in Language Teaching. SEAMEO Regional Language Centre.
33. Iwashita, N. 2003. 'Negative feedback and positive evidence in task-based interaction: Differential effects on L2 development,' Studies in Second Language Acquisition 25: 1-36.
34. Kepner, C. G. 1991. 'An experiment in the relationship of types of written feedback to the development of second-language writing skills,' Modern Language Journal 75: 305-313
35. Kim, H. and G. Mathes. 2001. 'Explicit vs. implicit corrective feedback,' The Korea TESOL Journal 4: 1-15.
36. Krashen, S. 1982. Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition. Prentice-Hall.
37. Krashen, S. 1985. The Input Hypothesis. Longman.
38. Krashen, S. 1994. 'The input hypothesis and its rivals' in N. Ellis (ed.): Implicit and Explicit Learning of Languages. Academic Press, pp. 45-77.
39. Krashen, S. 1999. 'Seeking a role for grammar: A review of some recent studies,' Foreign Language Annals 32: 245-257
40. Lalande, J. F. 1982. 'Reducing composition errors: An experiment,' Modern Language Journal 66: 140-149
41. Leeman, J. 2003. 'Recasts and second language development: Beyond negative evidence,' Studies in Second Language Acquisition 25: 37-63.
42. Lyster, R. 2004. 'Differential effects of prompts and recasts in form-focused instruction,' Studies in Second Language Acquisition 26: 399-432.
43. Mackey, A. and R. Oliver. 2002. 'Interactional feedback and children's L2 development,' System 30: 459-477
44. Mackey, A. and J. Philp. 1998. 'Conversational interaction in second language development: Recasts, responses, and red herrings?' The Modern Language Journal 82: 338-356 (Pubitemid 128770153)
45. Mackey, A., J. Philp, T. Egi, A. Fujii, and T. Tatsumi. 2002. 'Individual differences in working memory, noticing of interactional feedback and L2 development' in P. Robinson (ed.): Individual Differences and Instructed Language Learning. John Benjamins, pp. 181-210.
46. Master, P. 1995. 'Consciousness raising and article pedagogy' in D. Belcher and G. Braine (eds): Academic Writing in a Second Language: Essays on Research and Pedagogy. Ablex Publishing Corporation.
47. McDonough, K. 2006. 'Interaction and syntactic priming: English L2 speakers' production of dative constructions,' Studies in Second Language Acquisition 28: 179-207. (Pubitemid 43615572)
48. Muranoi, H. 2000. 'Focus on form through interaction enhancement: Integrating formal instruction into a communicative task in EFL classrooms,' Language Learning 50: 617-673
49. Nagata, H. 1993. 'Intelligent computer feedback for second language instruction,' Modern Language Journal 77: 330-339
50. Pienemann, M. 1998. Language Processing and Second Language Development: Processability Theory. Benjamins.
51. Polio, C., N. Fleck, and N. Leder. 1998. ' "If only I had more time": ESL learners' changes in linguistic accuracy on essay revisions,' Journal of Second Language Writing 7: 43-68. (Pubitemid 128413697)
52. Robb, T., S. Ross, and I. Shortreed. 1986. 'Salience of feedback on error and its effect on EFL writing quality,' TESOL Quarterly 20, 83-93.
53. Rosa, E. and R. Leow. 2004. 'Awareness, different learning conditions, and second language development,' Applied Psycholinguistics 25: 269-292 (Pubitemid 38808981)
54. Schmidt, R and S. Frota. 1986. 'Developing basic conversational ability in a second language: A case study of an adult learner of Portuguese' in R. Day (ed.): Talking to Learn: Conversation in Second Language Acquisition. Newbury House, pp. 237-326.
55. Semke, H. 1984. 'The effects of the red pen,' Foreign Language Annals 17: 195-202.
56. Sheen, Y. 2007. 'The effect of focused written corrective feedback and language aptitude on ESL learners' acquisition of articles,' TESOL Quarterly 41: 255-283
57. Sheppard, K. 1992. 'Two feedback types: Do they make a difference?' RELC Journal 23: 103-110
58. Swain, M. 2005. 'The output hypothesis; theory and research' in E. Hinkel (ed.): Handbook on Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning. Lawrence Erlbaum, pp. 471-484
59. Truscott, J. 1996. 'The case against grammar correction in L2 writing classes,' Language Learning 46: 327-369
60. Truscott, J. 1999. 'The case for "the case for grammar correction in L2 writing classes": A response to Ferris,' Journal of Second Language Writing 8: 111-122
61. Truscott, J. 2004. 'Dialogue: Evidence and conjecture on the effects of correction: A response to Chandler,' Journal of Second Language Writing 13: 337-343
62. Truscott, J. 2007. 'The effect of error correction on learners' ability to write accurately,' Journal of Second Language Writing 16: 1-18.