John Bitchener
List of John Benjamins publications in which John Bitchener is involved.
2020 Chapter 6. Towards the successful completion of a doctoral dissertation Professional Development in Applied Linguistics: A guide to success for graduate students and early career faculty, Plonsky, Luke (ed.), pp. 65–78 | Chapter
In this chapter, I discuss a number of approaches that my students have found helpful as they seek to complete their doctoral dissertation within a reasonable period of time. Some of the ideas presented here may need to be modified to meet the established protocols and procedures of both your… read more
2016 To what extent has the published written CF research aided our understanding of its potential for L2 development? ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 167:2, pp. 111–131 | Article
This article assesses the current status of written CF research. It focuses specifically on the potential of written CF to facilitate L2 development, seeking answers to five of the most frequently asked umbrella questions: (1) Can written CF facilitate L2 development? (2) Are some types of… read more
2016 The content feedback practices of Applied Linguistics doctoral supervisors in New Zealand and Australian universities Postgraduate Writing in a Globalised World, Lear, Emmaline and Elke Stracke (eds.), pp. 105–121 | Article
The focus of this article is on the written feedback that supervisors say they often give their second language (L2) doctoral students. Little is known about the focus of this feedback and about what supervisors consider as priorities in the early draft writing of dissertation chapters. Given the… read more
2015 The effectiveness of written corrective feedback and the impact Lao learners’ beliefs have on uptake Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 38:1, pp. 66–84 | Article
This article presents the results of a study examining the effectiveness of written corrective feedback (CF) on the simple past tense and the impact beliefs may have on students’ uptake of the feedback they receive. A seven-week study was carried out with 42 advanced EFL learners in Vientiane,… read more
2007 Review of Nation, I. S. P. (2001) Learning Vocabulary in Another Language Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 30:1, pp. 10.1–10.3 | Review
2003 The effects of individual learner factors and task type on negotiation: A study of advanced Japanese & Korean ESL learners Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 26:2, pp. 63–83 | Article
Since the early 1980s, SLA research has been exploring the contribution of negotiated interaction to second language learning. Attention has been and continues to be given to the conditions that are necessary for L2 acquisition, the relationship between negotiated interaction and language… read more