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

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-152).

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.

"Treatment of Error in Second Language Student Writing is the book many writing teachers have long been looking for: a highly accessible and principled approach to both the theory and practice of error treatment that can guide pedagogical decision making. Unlike a teacher's manual or a handbook that purports to give all the answers needed, Ferris's research-based volume offers a solid scholarly foundation for the practical ideas presented together with an abundance of illustrative sample texts. This book will be a rich resource in language teaching methodology courses, but experienced teachers, too, will no doubt benefit from the depth and breadth of Ferris's coverage of various error response techniques as well as of the research that motivates those techniques." "Ferris offers a realistic, well-reasoned account of what L2 writing teachers - or any teacher with L2 students in class - need to know about error and how to put what they know to use. She persuasively addresses the fundamental error treatment questions that plague novice and expert writing specialists alike: What types of errors should teachers respond to? When should we respond to them? What are the most efficacious ways of responding to them? And ultimately, what role should error treatment play in the teaching of the process of writing?"--BOOK JACKET.

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