The efficacy of dynamic written corrective feedback for university-matriculated ESL learners

System

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-239

  Evans, Norman W ^a   James Hartshorn, K ^a   Strong Krause, Diane ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy improvement; Error correction; L2 writing; Written corrective feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959355761     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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