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Treatment of error in second language student writing / Dana R. Ferris.

By: Ferris, Dana.
Series: Michigan series on teaching multilingual writers. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA : University of Michigan Press, c2002Description: xiii, 152 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780472088164 (pbk); 0472088165 (cloth : acidfree paper) .Subject(s): 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 acquisitionDDC classification: 808.042071 F41 Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Series Foreword by Diane Belcher and Jun Liu -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Why Is Error Treatment Necessary for L2 Writers? -- A brief history: treatment of error in L2 writing instruction -- Second language acquisition research and implications for -- accuracy in L2 writing -- Arguments against error correction -- Arguments for error correction and teaching editing strategies -- 2. Perspectives on Error Correction in 12 Writing -- Review of previous research on error correction: synthesis and -- critical analysis -- Where are we now? What do we know? What do we still need -- to discover through primary research? -- 3. Preparing 12 Writing Teachers to Treat Student Error -- Specific types of grammar knowledge needed to help writers -- How teachers can prepare and practice their skills -- Resources for teachers: building a library of materials for error -- correction and grammar instruction -- 4. Responding to Student Errors: Issues and Strategies -- Which errors should be corrected? -- When should error feedback be provided? -- How should teachers give their error feedback? -- How can teachers help students to process and utilize error -- feedback effectively? -- How can ESL writing teachers use their time wisely and avoid -- burnout in giving error feedback? -- 5. Beyond Error Correction: Teaching Grammar and -- Self-Editing Strategies to L2 Student Writers -- Raising student awareness about the importance of accuracy -- and self-editing -- Teaching editing strategies -- Providing instruction through grammar minilessons (including -- specific recommendations about available texts and -- materials) -- Holding students accountable and helping them to track -- progress -- Appendixes -- Appendix to Chapter 3 -- Appendix A to Chapter 4 -- Appendix B to Chapter 4 -- Appendix C to Chapter 4 -- Appendix D to Chapter 4 -- Appendix A to Chapter 5 -- Appendix B to Chapter 5 -- Appendix C to Chapter 5 -- Appendix D to Chapter 5 -- Appendix E to Chapter 5 -- Notes -- References.
Summary: Addresses a variety of issues of interest to L2 writing teachers of all levels and in all settings.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-152).

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

Addresses a variety of issues of interest to L2 writing teachers of all levels and in all settings.

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