Summary - 199 Page

This study went through 1,600 marginal and end comments written on 110 drafts of essays by 47 university ELS advanced students, considering the pragmatic goals and the linguistics features of the comments. Drafts of each essay were examined to observe the influence of the first draft commentary on the student’s revisions and assess actually improved the essays. The author thinks that a significant proportion of the comments led to substantive revision, and there were types of commentary that were more helpful. The results are suggestive of important implications for L2 writing instruction and future studies a neglected topic.

Taken from Ferris, D. (Summer, 1997). The influence of the teacher commentary on student revision. TESOL QARTERLY. Vol 31, Nº2

The Smart House

Schenker says that houses will be networked in the future making people's life easier and relaxing. Electronic devices will be connected to internet and will have special devices to control different activities like housework, communications, shopping, bills, etc. Disadvantages of having a networked home are not significant. People will just have to pay some dollars for chips, internet connection and the security measures to protect the system against cyber pirating. People will not afford the maintenance because the services will repair themselves. Money will not mean much considering the benefits of having a smart house.