ERIC Number: EJ1014786
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 16
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1345-8353
Types of Errors in College Students' L2 Writing in EFL Environments
Jung, Mi-Young
Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, v17 n2 p123-140 2013
The purposes of this study are to examine what type of errors students
make more between form-based and meaning-based errors, as well as to
investigate in which error categories Korean learners frequently make
errors and mistakes. In three studies, 264 essays from 42 subjects who
were at a Korean university were collected. This study adopted error
correction symbols by Harmer (2007) to analyze error categories simply
and easily. The results indicated that form-based errors (91%) were
generally reported much more than meaning-based errors (9%) by both
the teacher's and students' review. In contrast, although students had
different situations in three studies (e.g., a case study, two sample
studies), the results were not much different: learners frequently made
errors with "the article" and "grammar" categories. In English as foreign
language (EFL) environments, interactions via peer-review feedback
have been considered as profitable tools; however, teacher-review
feedback is still required to facilitate students' second/foreign language
(L2) development. These findings suggest that students will develop the
quality as well as the accuracy of their writing when they recognize the
most frequent error categories in their L2 writing. (Contains 4 figures, 11 tables, and 5 footnotes.)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, College Students, Writing (Composition), Error Patterns, Second Language Instruction, Feedback (Response), Grammar, Peer Evaluation, Error Analysis (Language), Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Essays, Case Studies
Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics. Department of English, Namseoul University, 21 Maeju-ri, Seonghwan-eup, Cheonan-city, Choongnam, Korea 330-707. Tel: +82-2-3290-1995; e-mail: paalkorea@yahoo.co.kr; Web site: http://www.paal.kr/journal/journal.asp
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Identifiers: Korea

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