Error Correction in ESL: Learner's Preferences
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This paper reports the findings of two studies which attempt to identify the preferences and expectations of intermediate and advanced ESL learners regarding error correction. These are compared with some popular opinions of linguists and ESL teachers which have influenced error correction in the language classroom in recent time. Certain important differences are observed between learners' preferences 1. IN1RODUCTION and expectations on the one hand, and the opinions and practice of linguists/ teachers on the other. The paper concludes that, if the error correction is to be effective, classroom practice cannot afford to be based rigidly on any standardized practice derived from the opinions of linguists and teachers alone, but it must be flexible enough to incorporate the preferences and needs of the language learner.
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Oladejo (1993) reported that most students regard grammar errors as best corrected by the teacher.
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Error Correction in the L2 Writing Classroom: What Do Students Think?
Lee, I. (2005) · TESL Canada Journal · doi:10.18806/tesl.v22i2.84 · Cited by 136 · see citing works
- Authors
- Oladejo, J. A.
- Corresponding author
- Oladejo, James A
- Venue
- TESL Canada Journal
- Publisher
- TESL Canada Federation
- Published
- 1993-10-26
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 71
- ISSN
- 0826-435X (ISSN-L)
- 1925-8917
- OpenAlex
- W1511345513
- Cited by
- 83
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 3.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- TESL Canada Journal (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Reading
- Papua New Guinea University of Technology
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Linguistics and Language Analysis
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Keywords
- error correction, learner preferences, learner expectations, ESL learners, second language acquisition, language teacher beliefs, teaching practice, intermediate and advanced learners
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