The relevance of second language acquisition theory to the written error correction debate

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 375-389

  Polio, Charlene ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Error correction; SLA theory; Written feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871772392     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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