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self-correcting
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self-cor·rect·ing (slfk-rktng)
adj.
1. Correcting its or one's own mistakes.
2. Of or being a typewriter mechanism that allows for automatic correction of a typing error.

self-cor·rective adj.

self-correcting
adj
capable of correcting itself without external aid
Translations
self-correcting [ˌselfkəˈrektɪŋ] ADJautocorrector


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Cavafy's sentences wind through parentheses, reservations, pauses, and hesitations, self-adjustments, self-corrections.
The tape-recorded oral reading miscues and self-corrections of the 40 participants were independently transcribed on copies of the original texts by a second rater and myself.
Finally, Lightbown (1992) compared the effects of immediate corrective feedback in communicative and practice activities, and found that although learners were able to self-correct in both conditions, it was only in the former case that the self-corrections became intake, as evidenced by the use of the targeted forms outside the classroom.
 
 
 
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