DOI: 10.5176/2251-1814_EeL13.52
Authors: Richard Anthony O’Donnell and Laphatrada O’Donnell
Abstract:
1 Before the treatment, was there a significant difference between the two groups in number of errors and mistakes (NCFs)?
2 After the treatment, was there a significant difference in the number of NCFs between the two groups?
3. Before and after, was there a significant difference in the experimental group?
An error analysis was completed before and after the treatment. An SPSS independent sample t test showed there was no overall significant difference between the control group and the experimental before the treatment. Overall, there was a significant difference between the control group and the experimental group after the treatment (p = 0.000). Moreover, there was a significant difference in the experimental group before and after the treatment (p= 0.000), highlighting three areas of improvement: missing verb to be, part of speech, and near synonym. Engagement with revision tasks may have helped students to ‘notice’ their NCFs.
Keywords: L2 writing revision, journals, L2 writing strategies
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