ERIC Number: EJ1270244
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 17
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Should Feedback Be Direct or Indirect? Comparing the Effectiveness of Different Types of WCF on L1 Arabic Writers' Use of English Prepositions
Karim, Khaled; Endley, Martin J.
Language Teaching Research Quarterly, v13 p68-84 2019
This study investigated the effects of direct and indirect WCF on students' revision accuracy as well as on new pieces of writing over time. Intermediate level pre-faculty university students were divided randomly into four groups: direct, underlining only, underlining metalinguistic, and a control group. They produced two texts from two different picture prompts and revised these over a two-week period. They also produced two new texts three and four weeks after the last treatment. Both WCF significantly reduced learner errors in subsequent revision tasks. All three treatment groups also made significant reduction of errors after 3 weeks of CF treatment.
Descriptors: Native Language, Error Analysis (Language), Comparative Analysis, Accuracy, Metalinguistics, Pictorial Stimuli, Cues, Task Analysis, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages), Language Usage, Content Analysis, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Error Correction, Grammar, Revision (Written Composition), Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Arab Emirates
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