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Shintani, Natsuko; Ellis, Rod; Suzuki, Wataru – Language Learning, 2014
The study compared the effects of two types of form-focused written feedback--direct corrective feedback (DCF) and metalinguistic explanation (ME) given to the whole class--on Japanese university students' accuracy of use of two grammatical structures: indefinite article and the hypothetical conditional. Both types of feedback were given with…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Accuracy, Error Correction, Metalinguistics
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Basturkmen, Helen; Loewen, Shawn; Ellis, Rod – Language Awareness, 2002
Investigates one aspect of language use in focus on form--metalanguage. Reports on a study to identify how metalanguage was used and the relationship between the use of metalanguage and the occurrence of students uptake moves in focus on form. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Grammar, Language Usage