Framed in a cognitively-oriented strand of research on corrective feedback (CF) in SLA, the controlled three- stage (composition/comparison-noticing/revision) study reported in this paper investigated the effects of two forms of direct CF (error correction and reformulation) on noticing and uptake, as evidenced in the written output produced by a group of 8 secondary school EFL learners. Noticing was operationalized as the amount of corrections noticed in the comparison stage of the writing task, whereas uptake was operationally defined as the type and amount of accurate revisions incorporated in the participants’ revised versions of their original texts. Results support previous research findings on the positive effects of written CF on noticing and uptake, with a clear advantage of error correction over reformulation as far as uptake was concerned. Data also point to the existence of individual differences in the way EFL learners process and make use of CF in their writing. These findings are discussed from the perspective of the light they shed on the learning potential of CF in instructed SLA, and suggestions for future research are put forward.

There has been a growing interest in the study of writing from the perspective of its potential contribution to language development. However, scant attention has been paid to key methodological considerations regarding the analysis of the connection between L2 writing processes, reflection on language while writing, and language learning. In an attempt to advance in this domain, and informed by models of L2 writing, and cognitive L2 writing research framed in the problem-solving paradigm, this study provides a comprehensive description of the language reflection individual writers engage in when solving the linguistic problems they face while completing writing tasks in their L2. The think-aloud protocols generated by 21 EFL learners while writing an individual argumentative essay were analyzed on the basis of a reconceptualization of language-related episodes as problem-solving strategy clusters. The result is a comprehensive, theoretically motivated, and empirically based coding system that is offered as a basis for future research in the domain. We discuss the methodological implications of our analytic approach and advance some theoretical implications for future debates on the language learning potential of individual writing tasks.

RESUMEN En este trabajo presentamos una serie de consideraciones prácticas sobre la elaboración y el empleo del portafolios del estudiante como alternativa metodológica en la enseñanza universitaria. Delimitamos, en primer lugar, lo que se entiende por portafolios y señalamos las principales ventajas e inconvenientes que se le atribuyen. Describimos a continuación las etapas que se aconseja cubrir a la hora de introducir el portafolios del alumno como innovación metodológica, e ilustraremos cada una de estas fases con algunos ejemplos extraídos de un proyecto en el que se utilizó el portafolios para la enseñanza de la pronunciación del inglés en la universidad de Murcia. En una sección posterior, damos cuenta de los resultados de ese proyecto a partir de un breve análisis del contenido de los portafolios producidos por los alumnos y de sus percepciones a la hora de elaborarlos. Completamos el trabajo con un conjunto de recomendaciones relativas a la implantación del portafolios del alumno como recurso didáctico en la universidad. Palabras clave: Portafolios, etapas de elaboración, repuesta de los alumnos, pronunciación del inglés. Considérations pratiques sur l'élaboration du portfolio de l'étudiant : son application à l'apprentissage de la prononciation de l'anglais RÉSUMÉ Dans ce travail, nous présentons une série de considérations pratiques sur l'élaboration et l'utilisation du portfolio de l'étudiant comme alternative méthodologique dans l'enseignement _________ 1 El presente trabajo forma parte de un proyecto de investigación, financiado por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (FF12009-14155), titulado "Estrategias de uso en la adquisición formal del inglés como L2: uso, entrenamiento y resultados de aprendizaje".

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