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Direct linkDoolan, Stephen M. – Written Communication, 2014
Developmental composition courses serve a sizable and growing number of Generation 1.5 students, or long-term U.S. resident language learners, and it is believed that language challenges may be part of Generation 1.5 writers' difficulty in controlling the academic register. The current study investigates possible similarities and differences…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Student Characteristics, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)
Crovitz, Darren – English Journal, 2011
This article discusses how amusing mistakes can make for serious language instruction. The notion that close analysis of language errors can yield insight into how one thinks and learns seems fundamentally obvious. Yet until relatively recently, language errors were primarily treated as indicators of learner deficiency rather than opportunities to…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Correction, Teacher Responsibility, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedGray, Loretta S.; Heuser, Paula – Journal of Basic Writing, 2003
Conducts a small-scale survey similar to one conducted by Maxine Hairston in 1979 to test whether nonacademic professionals' attitudes towards usage errors have changed in 20 years. Indicates a trend for respondents to find errors less bothersome than the respondents did 20 years ago. Supports the claim made by Hairston and other researchers that…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Basic Writing, Error Analysis (Language), Grammar
