The comparative effect of direct written corrective feedback and metalinguistic explanation on learners' explicit and implicit knowledge of the English indefinite article

Journal of Second Language Writing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 286-306

  Shintani, Natsuko ^a   Ellis, Rod ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Explicit instruction; Explicit knowledge; Eye tracking; Implicit; Metalinguistic explanation; Written corrective feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880591275     PISSN: 10603743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jslw.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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