Treatment of error in second language student writing
By: Dana R. Ferris.
Series: Michigan series on teaching multilingual writers
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
Subjects: English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.; English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching.; Report writing -- Study and teaching.; English language -- Errors of usage.; Second language acquisition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-152).
Table of contents: value: Machine generated contents note: Series Foreword by Diane Belcher and Jun Liu; value: Preface; value: Introduction; value: 1. Why Is Error Treatment Necessary for L2 Writers?; value: A brief history: treatment of error in L2 writing instruction; value: Second language acquisition research and implications for; value: accuracy in L2 writing; value: Arguments against error correction; value: Arguments for error correction and teaching editing strategies; value: 2. Perspectives on Error Correction in 12 Writing; value: Review of previous research on error correction: synthesis and; value: critical analysis; value: Where are we now? What do we know? What do we still need; value: to discover through primary research?; value: 3. Preparing 12 Writing Teachers to Treat Student Error; value: Specific types of grammar knowledge needed to help writers; value: How teachers can prepare and practice their skills; value: Resources for teachers: building a library of materials for error; value: correction and grammar instruction; value: 4. Responding to Student Errors: Issues and Strategies; value: Which errors should be corrected?; value: When should error feedback be provided?; value: How should teachers give their error feedback?; value: How can teachers help students to process and utilize error; value: feedback effectively?; value: How can ESL writing teachers use their time wisely and avoid; value: burnout in giving error feedback?; value: 5. Beyond Error Correction: Teaching Grammar and; value: Self-Editing Strategies to L2 Student Writers; value: Raising student awareness about the importance of accuracy; value: and self-editing; value: Teaching editing strategies; value: Providing instruction through grammar minilessons (including; value: specific recommendations about available texts and; value: materials); value: Holding students accountable and helping them to track; value: progress; value: Appendixes; value: Appendix to Chapter 3; value: Appendix A to Chapter 4; value: Appendix B to Chapter 4; value: Appendix C to Chapter 4; value: Appendix D to Chapter 4; value: Appendix A to Chapter 5; value: Appendix B to Chapter 5; value: Appendix C to Chapter 5; value: Appendix D to Chapter 5; value: Appendix E to Chapter 5; value: Notes; value: References.