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The comparative effect of direct written corrective feedback and metalinguistic explanation on learners’ explicit and implicit knowledge of the English indefinite article
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Metadata
- Authors
- Shintani, N., & Ellis, R.
- Affiliations
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- Corresponding author
- Shintani, Natsuko
- Venue
- Journal of Second Language Writing
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-09
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 286-306
- ISSN
- 1060-3743 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2002091368
- Cited by
- 278
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 83.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Locations
- Journal of Second Language Writing (publishedVersion)
- eSpace (Curtin University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Michigan State University
- College of Engineering, Michigan State University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Social Sciences › Education › Student Assessment and Feedback
- Keywords
- written corrective feedback, metalinguistic explanation, explicit knowledge, tacit knowledge, ESL learners, second language writing, error correction, eye tracking, self-monitoring, rule awareness
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