Error treatment in EFL writing : contributions to the understanding of corrective feedback strategies and their effects on students' accuracy

Abstract

Writing proficiently may imply different conceptions as regards the type of errors that should be avoided and the pedagogical practices that may help to prevent or eradicate them. These perspectives vary according to different theoretical and methodological approaches in the fields of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and English Language Teaching (ELT).... Following this vein, the present study is aimed at shedding light on this important and sometimes controversial topic in an attempt to provide some useful contributions to the pedagogy of writing in ELT. The main hypothesis underlying this work is the belief that written corrective feedback is a potential tool for improving the accuracy of students' writing. This tool might prove useful to bridge the gap between teachers 'goals and students' needs in the path towards a proficient use of the written language in EFL contexts and practices. (Texto extraído de la 'Introducción' a modo de resumen)