Error Correction in Second Language Writing教材

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1、ErrorCorrectioninSecondLanguageWriting:Teachers’Beliefs,Practices,andStudents’PreferencesVictorAlbertFrancisS.CorpuzSupervisors:LynetteMayAnnettePattersonQueenslandUniversityofTechnologyFacultyofEducationMasterofEducation(Research)September2011AbstractErrorcorrectioni

2、sperhapsthemostwidelyusedmethodforrespondingtostudentwriting.Whilevariousstudieshaveinvestigatedtheeffectivenessofprovidingerrorcorrection,therehasbeenrelativelylittleresearchincorporatingteachers’beliefs,practices,andstudents’preferencesinwrittenerrorcorrection.Thecu

3、rrentstudyadoptedfeaturesofanethnographicresearchdesigninordertoexplorethebeliefsandpracticesofESLteachers,andinvestigatethepreferencesofL2studentsregardingwrittenerrorcorrectioninthecontextofalanguageinstitutesituatedintheBrisbanemetropolitandistrict.Inthisstudy,twoE

4、SLteachersandtwogroupsofadultintermediateL2studentswereinterviewedandobserved.Thebeliefsandpracticesoftheteacherswereelicitedthroughinterviewsandclassroomobservations.ThepreferencesofL2studentswereelicitedthroughfocusgroupinterviews.Responsesoftheparticipantswereencod

5、edandanalysed.Resultsoftheteacherinterviewsshowedthatteachersbelievethatprovidingwrittenerrorcorrectionhasadvantagesanddisadvantages.Teachersbelievethatprovidingwrittenerrorcorrectionhelpsstudentsimprovetheirproof-readingskillsinordertorevisetheirwritingmoreefficientl

6、y.However,resultsalsoindicatethatprovidingwrittenerrorcorrectionisverytimeconsuming.Furthermore,teachersprefertoprovideexplicitwrittenfeedbackstrategiesduringtheearlystagesofthelanguagecourse,andmovetoamoreimplicitstrategyofprovidingwrittenerrorcorrectioninordertofaci

7、litatelanguagelearning.Ontheotherhand,resultsofthefocusgroupinterviewssuggestthatstudentsregardtheirteachers’practiceofwrittenerrorcorrectionasimportantinhelpingthemlocatetheirerrorsandrevisetheirwriting.However,studentsalsofeelthattheprocessofprovidingwrittenerrorcor

8、rectionistimeconsuming.Nevertheless,studentswantandexpecttheirteacherstoprovidewrittenfeedbackbecausetheybelievethatthebenef