The Effect of Different Types of Corrective Feedback on ESL Student Writing

Autor/inn/en	Bitchener, John; Young, Stuart; Cameron, Denise
Titel	The Effect of Different Types of Corrective Feedback on ESL Student Writing
Quelle	In: Journal of Second Language Writing, 14 (2005) 3, S.191-205 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1060-3743
DOI	10.1016/j.jslw.2005.08.001
Schlagwörter	Feedback; Error Correction; English (Second Language); Grammar; Adult Students; Writing (Composition); Writing Instruction; Writing Skills; Writing Improvement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrektur; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Grammatik; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Schreibübung; Schreibunterricht; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit
Abstract	Debate about the value of providing corrective feedback on L2 writing has been prominent in recent years as a result of Truscott's [Truscott, J. (1996). The case against grammar correction in L2 writing classes. Language Learning, 46, 327-369] claim that it is both ineffective and harmful and should therefore be abandoned. A growing body of empirical research is now investigating the agenda proposed by Ferris [Ferris, D. R. (1999). The case for grammar correction in L2 writing classes. A response to Truscott (1996). Journal of Second Language Writing, 8, 1-10, Ferris, D. R. (2004). The "Grammar Correction" debate in L2 writing: Where are we, and where do we go from here? (and what do we do in the meantime...?). Journal of Second Language Writing, 13, 49-62.]. Contributing to this research base, the study reported in this article investigated whether the type of feedback (direct, explicit written feedback and student-researcher 5 minute individual conferences; direct, explicit written feedback only; no corrective feedback) given to 53 adult migrant students on three types of error (prepositions, the past simple tense, and the definite article) resulted in improved accuracy in new pieces of writing over a 12 week period. The study found a significant effect for the combination of written and conference feedback on accuracy levels in the use of the past simple tense and the definite article in new pieces of writing but no overall effect on accuracy improvement for feedback types when the three error categories were considered as a single group. Significant variations in accuracy across the four pieces of writing support earlier SLA discoveries that L2 learners, in the process of acquiring new linguistic forms, may perform them with accuracy on one occasion but fail to do so on other similar occasions. (Author).
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