ERIC Number: EJ1413155
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-2286-8909
EISSN: EISSN-2697-4614
Thai Teacher's Corrective Feedback on Adult Learners' Errors in Speaking
Napat Kaewkascholkul; Natjiree Jaturapitakkul
THAITESOL Journal, v36 n2 p39-60 2023
The purpose of the study is to investigate the types of corrective feedback used by a Thai teacher with adult learners of different proficiency levels in speaking classes in order to facilitate students' language development, as it is an aspect language teachers need to be aware of when teaching speaking. Three different levels of speaking classes were observed, and the audiorecordings were transcribed and analyzed to find out the corrective feedback strategies used based on the model by Lyster and Ranta (1997). The findings reveal that recasts were the corrective feedback strategy most frequently employed by the teacher across all three proficiency levels because it does not interrupt the flow of communication. As recasts and explicit feedback technique are the two most used strategies in correcting students' errors, it can be said that the teacher in the study usually provided input corrective feedback rather than elicit the correct form from the students. The study suggests that language teachers should be aware of making decisions regarding the types of corrective feedback that would be more appropriate to each student's level in the Thai context of English learning, particularly in an adult learner speaking classroom.
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Error Correction, Adult Students, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Speech Communication, Speech Skills, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Second Language Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Thailand (Bangkok)
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