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Quality Versus Convenience: Comparison of Modern Dictionaries from the Researcher's, Teacher's, and Learner's Points of View.
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Koren, Shira – TESL-EJ, 1997
Compares advantages and disadvantages of most types of modern dictionaries from teachers' and researchers' as well as students' points of view. Shows that if clear distinctions are made between learning, test-taking, reading for pleasure, or extensive reading, each type dictionary can be used by itself or in combination with another dictionary,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dictionaries, English (Second Language), Reading Comprehension
Teaching Writing as a Process and Teaching Sentence-Level Syntax: Reformulation as ESL Composition Feedback.
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Myers, Sharon – TESL-EJ, 1997
Based on English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students' documented preference for error correction and the need for word usage and sentence grammar to become automatic, this article describes the rationale and procedures for using reformulation as composition feedback. The procedures are aimed at improving sentence level grammar. Discusses survey…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Correction, Feedback, Grammar