A Proposal for Research on self-correction: Opportunities for Studying the Role of Negative Evidence in Second Language Writing

Norbert Francis

《淡江外語論叢》 10期 (2007/12) Pp. 43-60

https://doi.org/10.29716/TKSFLL.200712.0003

摘要

本文將提出一個有關兒童書寫發展的方法論：自我糾錯與校訂的策略。對於初學者讀寫能力技巧的研究可以幫助我們更了解後設語言覺知在讀寫能力發展所扮演的角色。在第二語言書寫中，學者們同時有額外的機會檢驗後設語言覺知如何介入第二語言學習者文法知識的發展。相關問題包括：糾錯反饋的效果和語法教學。本研究提及的分析類型有：「試圖校訂的正本水平」和「試圖效益」，在跨語言讀寫能力的研究與對比書寫系統上尤其重要（例如字母順序和音節文字）。

並列摘要

This paper will propose a methodological approach for the study of an aspect of writing development in children that is especially important for academic literacy: strategies of self-correction and revision. The study of these literacy skills in beginning writers should also help us better understand the role of metalinguistic awareness in all aspects of literacy development. In second language (L2) writing, researchers are presented with the additional opportunity to examine how metalinguistic awareness intervenes in the development of L2 learners' grammatical knowledge. Related issues are: the effects of corrective feedback (and, more generally, the role of negative evidence) and form-focused instruction. The proposed categories of analysis in the present study, ”text-level of correction attempt” and ”effectivity of attempt,” might be especially useful in studies of literacy cross-linguistically that in addition involve contrasting writing systems (e.g. alphabetic and morpho-syllabic).

並列關鍵字

literacy ； self-correction ； metalinguistic awareness ； corrective feedback ； form-focused instruction

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