Focuses on error correction strategies employed by learners of Japanese when revising their written work. Investigates the effectiveness of the coding system employed by a university entrance assessment in Australia; types of code symbols that lead to successful self-correction; strategies used for self-correction; and successful and unsuccessful…

Examines the language-learning strategies employed by 58 bilingual primary school-aged children. Also investigated whether the types of language-learning strategies used by these learners are moderated by whether they were born in Australia, the cultural group in which they belong, whether they had received English-as-a-Second-Language help, and…

Investigates the performance of students from different language backgrounds, using data from a computer-adaptive Japanese grammar test developed as a placement tool. Findings indicate item difficulties to be quite different for each group of candidates and imply that when candidates are from a different background from that of the trial…