1st Edition
Written Corrective Feedback in Second Language Acquisition and Writing
Section One – Introduction
1: What is WCF?
Section Two – Theoretical Perspectives
2: Differences and overlap between short-term development
3: Insights from SLA research on oral corrective feedback (OCF )
4: OCF parallels with WCF
Section Three – Evaluating the Empirical Evidence
5: Questions/issues investigated – overview
6: Other empirical questions about WCF
Section Four –Applications for Language & Writing Classes
7: Transfer of research findings to classroom practice
8: Teacher education/preparation
Section Five - Conclusion
9: Directions/Agenda(s) for future research
Biography
John Bitchener is Professor, School of Languages at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.
Dana R. Ferris is Professor in the University Writing Program at the University of California, Davis.
"As an interdisciplinary scholar working in the fields of foreign language methodology and pedagogy, linguistics, and education, I found that Bitchener and Ferris provide an excellent model for connecting parallel strands of literature in productive and accessible ways."—Teachers College Record
