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Correction of Frequent English Writing Errors by Using Coded Indirect Corrective Feedback and Error Treatment The Case of Reading and Writing English for Academic Purposes II

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/10003938" mdate="2016-02-01 00:00:00"> <author>Chaiwat Tantarangsee</author> <title>Correction of Frequent English Writing Errors by Using Coded Indirect Corrective Feedback and Error Treatment The Case of Reading and Writing English for Academic Purposes II</title> <pages>2805 - 2811</pages> <year>2014</year> <volume>8</volume> <number>8</number> <journal>International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10003938</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/92</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>The purposes of this study are 1) to study the frequent English writing errors of students registering the course Reading and Writing English for Academic Purposes II, and 2) to find out the results of writing error correction by using coded indirect corrective feedback and writing error treatments. Samples include 28 2nd year English Major students, Faculty of Education, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University. Tool for experimental study includes the lesson plan of the course; Reading and Writing English for Academic Purposes II, and tool for data collection includes 4 writing tests of short texts. The research findings disclose that frequent English writing errors found in this course comprise 7 types of grammatical errors, namely Fragment sentence, Subjectverb agreement, Wrong form of verb tense, Singular or plural noun endings, Runons sentence, Wrong form of verb pattern and Lack of parallel structure. Moreover, it is found that the results of writing error correction by using coded indirect corrective feedback and error treatment reveal the overall reduction of the frequent English writing errors and the increase of students&amp;amp;rsquo; achievement in the writing of short texts with the significance at .05.</abstract> <index>Open Science Index 92, 2014</index> </article>