writing and comprehensibility

[Benjamin Rifkin]

Apologies - here are the citations: 




"Error Gravity: A Critical Review of Research Design." Benjamin Rifkin and F.D. Roberts. Language Learning 45 (1995): 511-537. 



"Error Gravity in Learners' Spoken Russian: A Preliminary Study." Benjamin Rifkin. Modern Language Journal 79 (1995): 477-490. 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benjamin Rifkin" <rifkin at TCNJ.EDU> 
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu 
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 10:00:38 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] writing and comprehensibility 

Dear Mako and SEELANGers: 


I believe that the research area that you are interested in is generally referred to as "Error Gravity." I do not know of any work in the area of error gravity in the context of student writing in Russian, but you will find works of interest in the bibliography of two articles I published in this area: 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Masako Ueda Fidler" <Masako_Fidler at BROWN.EDU> 
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu 
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 3:30:23 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [SEELANGS] writing and comprehensibility 

Dear SEELANGers: 



I'd like to know where I can find literature on the relationship between 
second-language learner writing and degrees of comprehensibility (in 
Slavic and/or non-Slavic languages). What I am after is the extent to 
which problems in aspects of morphology, syntax and discourse interfere 
with comprehension of the second-language learners' writing. 



Please reply to Masako_Fidler at brown.edu 



Thank you in advance for the help. 

Mako 



Masako U. Fidler 

Chair 

Professor of Slavic Languages 

Dept. of Slavic Languages 

Brown University 

Box E 

Providence, RI02912 

phone +1-401-863-2689 

fax +1-401-863-7330 

Masako_Fidler at brown.edu 




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