Cohesion : Form Focused and Implicit Feedback

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This is a report on action research conducted in two English writing classes with Japanese university students. The aim is to determine the effect of formal grammar intervention on a recurring problem in the area of cohesion in the production of written texts. The problem is analyzed and a control group receives implicit error feedback whilst the intervention group receives explicit formal instruction in topic-comment analysis. Both groups show improvement, however there is no significant difference between the two groups in a follow-up analysis of their written texts. These findings are discussed in relation to existing research and the cultural context.