In the original article, there were several errors throughout the text. The corrections made are detailed in the table below.
The authors apologize for these errors and state that they do not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.
| Mistake made | Name of section/subsection | Paragraph number | Corrected text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lado (1961) and the book chapter of Carroll (1961), | INTRODUCTION | 1 (p.1, line 113) | Lado's (1961) and the book chapter of Carroll's (1961), |
| Fulcher (n.d.) | INTRODUCTION | 1 (p.2 line 133) | (Fulcher, n.d.) |
| in Bachman (1990) view | Second Aim | 3 (p.3 line 271) | in Bachman's (1990) view |
| of Cronbach and Meehl (1955) | Second Aim | 2 (p.3, l. 292) | of Cronbach and Meehl's (1955) |
| Messick | Second Aim | 2 (p.3, l. 300) | Messick's |
| Kane (2006) frameworks | Second Aim | 2 (p.3, l.301) | Kane's (2006) frameworks |
| Weir (2005b) socio-cognitive framework or | Second Aim | 3 (p.3, l.306) | Weir's (2005b) socio-cognitive framework or |
| Borsboom and Mellenbergh (2007) test | Second Aim | 3 (p.3, l.306-307) | Borsboom and Mellenbergh's (2007) test |
| Borsboom and Mellenbergh (2007) work | Second Aim | 3 (p.3, l.308-309) | Borsboom and Mellenbergh's (2007) work |
| Weir (2005a) framework | Second Aim | 3 (p.3, l.311) | Weir's (2005a) framework |
| target use domain (TLU) | Table 1, Row 1, Column 2 | p.6, l. 574-575 | target language use (TLU) domain |
| patterns on | Table 1, Row 4, Column 3 | p. 6, l.650 | patterns. |
| e.g., of which are too | First Aim: Characterizing the Detected Clusters; Cluster 0: Language assessment (and comprehension) | 2 (p.13, l.1477) | examples of which are too |
| Carr (2006) study | First Aim: Characterizing the Detected Clusters; Cluster 0: Language assessment (and comprehension) | 3 (p.16, l.1722) | Carr's (2006) study |
| Bachman and Palmer (1996) task characteristics | First Aim: Characterizing the Detected Clusters; Cluster 0: Language assessment (and comprehension) | 3 (p.16, l.1723) | Bachman and Palmer's (1996) task characteristics |
| Carr (2006) investigation | First Aim: Characterizing the Detected Clusters; Cluster 0: Language assessment (and comprehension) | 3 (p.16, l.1724) | Carr's (2006) investigation |
| Doughty (2001) work | First Aim: Characterizing the Detected Clusters; Cluster 0: Language assessment (and comprehension) | 6 (p.16, l.1769) | Doughty's (2001) work |
| Banerjee et al. (2015) article | First Aim: Characterizing the Detected Clusters; Cluster 1: Rating (and Validation) | 2 (p.16, l.1814) | Banerjee et al.'s (2015) article |
| Ortega (2003) | First Aim: Characterizing the Detected Clusters; Cluster 1: Rating (and Validation) | 3 (p.17, l.1834) | Ortega's (2003) |
| Long (2007)'s | Cluster 1: Language Acquisition (Implicit vs. explicit) | 1 (p. 17, l. 1922) | Long's (2007) |
| Aksnes et al. (2019) cautions | CONCLUSION | 2 (p.22, l.2492) | Aksnes et al.'s (2019) cautions |
| DCA was conducted twice times | First Aim: Document Co-Citation Analysis (DCA) | 1, (p. 4, l. 436) | DCA was conducted twice |
| Schmitt (2008) review | Cluster 2: Vocabulary Learning | 1, (p.19, l. 2099) | Schmitt's (2008) review |
| Kane (2006) | Conclusion | 3, (p.23, l.2510) | Kane's (2006) |
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