Research Article Revision and Error Analysis (EA): Have Tunisian Novice Researchers Learnt from their Errors

Chokri Smaoui; Elhoucine Essefi

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Research Article Revision and Error Analysis (EA): Have Tunisian Novice Researchers Learnt from their Errors

Chokri Smaoui, Elhoucine Essefi

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 3, Issue 1)

Received: 23 September 2014 Accepted: 23 October 2014 Published: 27 January 2015

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Abstract

This work tried to see whether Tunisian novice researchers have taken advantage of their errors or not. By studying a case study in terms of Corpus Linguistics, it was found out that difficulties of Tunisian novice researchers lie in their unfamiliarity with error terminology and with the tradition of the corrective feedback. This lacuna is inherited from the Tunisian official programs, which have excluded this endeavour from their interests. Thus, Tunisian novice researchers could not profit from the corrective feedback either during their educational career or during the revision process of their Research Articles.

Published in	International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 3, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijll.20150301.13
Page(s)	16-21
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Error Terminology, Error Analysis (EA), Corpus Linguistics, Corrective Feedback

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Chokri Smaoui

RU: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS. Faculty of Letters and Humanities of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
Elhoucine Essefi

National Engineering School of Sfax, Road of Soukra, km 4 Zipcode3038, Sfax, Tunisia

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