Raising the linguistic accuracy level of advanced L2 writers with written corrective feedback

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 207-217

  Bitchener, John ^a   Knoch, Ute ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corrective feedback; Direct and indirect feedback; Error correction; Written corrective feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049469707     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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