Evidence on the Effectiveness of Comprehensive Error Correction in Second Language Writing

Language Learning

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-41

  Van Beuningen, Catherine G ^a   De Jong, Nivja H ^b   Kuiken, Folkert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accuracy development; Direct and indirect feedback; Error correction; Second language writing; Written complexity; Written corrective feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857366498     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2011.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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