Managing the Complexity of Revising across Languages.

Hall, Chris

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ERIC Number: EJ411860

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Managing the Complexity of Revising across Languages.

Hall, Chris

TESOL Quarterly, v24 n1 p43-60 Spr 1990

Essay revisions by four advanced ESL writers with differing first languages were analyzed for specific discourse and linguistic features. The results suggest that such writers often utilize a single system of revision across languages but are capable of adapting some processes to new problems imposed by the second language. (28 references) (Author/JL)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Language Research, Revision (Written Composition), Transfer of Training, Writing (Composition), Writing Ability

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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