Error Analysis and the Teaching of Developmental Writing.

Greenberg, Karen L.

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ERIC Number: EJ413757

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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Error Analysis and the Teaching of Developmental Writing.

Greenberg, Karen L.

Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, v2 n1 p34-39 1985

Supports the use of the applied linguistics technique of error analysis (i.e., charting and analyzing patterns in language errors) in developmental writing instruction. Argues that error enables teachers to diagnose the cognitive strategies and processes used by students in writing. Discusses teaching strategies and the approach's limitations. (PAA)

Descriptors: Basic Writing, Developmental Studies Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Error Analysis (Language), Error Correction, Error Patterns, Remedial Programs, Second Language Instruction, Special Needs Students, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, Writing Strategies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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