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centrate initially on post-editing for grammatical accuracy: this component of the software will allow learners to have their German text parsed for grammatical errors, on the basis of which (and including other student data available to the program) feedback will be given to the learner during learner-computer interaction. The implementation of a substantial 'chunk' of German grammar was thus a pre-requisite for all other work on Textana—and the coverage of this grammar, together with the underlying morphological and syntactical theory, is touched on briefly here. The main part of the paper is devoted to a more detailed discussion of the implications of SLA research for the design of Textana.