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ELT Journal Advance Access originally published online on December 6, 2007
ELT Journal 2008 62(4):358-365; doi:10.1093/elt/ccm089
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press; all rights reserved.

‘Fire your proofreader!’ Grammar correction in the writing classroom

Sang-Keun Shin

Sang-Keun Shin is an assistant professor at Ewha Women's University, Seoul, Korea, where he teaches ELT methods and language testing. He earned his PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2004 and has published mainly in the area of language testing and language teaching methodology

Email: sangshin{at}ewha.ac.kr


  Abstract

This article critically reviews the usefulness of grammar correction in second language writing instruction through the eyes of five second-language writers. It first examines the validity of four teaching principles that appear to influence how writing instructors approach error correction in classrooms and concludes with discussions as to why grammar correction is necessary for second-language writers.

Final revised version received May 2007


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