scholarly journals MATCHES AND MISMATCHES BETWEEN EFL TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PREFERENCES FOR CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK IN ENGLISH SPEAKING CLASSES AT A VIETNAMESE UNIVERSITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luu Thi Huong
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
English Speaking

This study aimed at examining matches or mismatches between teachers’ and students’ preferences regarding different types of corrective feedback in EFL (English as a foreign language) speaking classrooms at a Vietnamese university. Observation and two parallel questionnaires adapted from Katayama (2007) and Smith (2010) were used to gather data from five EFL teachers and 138 English-majored students. Multiple findings pertaining to each research question were revealed. Overall, results indicated that while there were some areas of agreement between teachers and students, important mismatches in their opinions did occur.

scholarly journals Students’ and Teachers’ Perceptions and Preferences for Oral Corrective Feedback: Do They Match?

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Fateme Saeb
Keyword(s):  
Error Correction ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Perceptions Of Students ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Oral Corrective Feedback

Perceptions and perspectives about corrective feedback (CF) have recently attracted some attention in the CF literature. Few studies, however, have delved into students’ and teachers’ CF perceptions and preferences and compared them. This study is an attempt to explore Iranian EFL teachers’ and students’ perceptions and preferences for different amounts and types of oral corrective feedback. Two parallel questionnaires were used to gather quantitative and qualitative data from twenty eight teachers and eighty six of their students. Results revealed significant differences between teachers’ and students’ perceptions about the amounts and types of CF and also about different types of errors to be corrected. Contrary to their teachers, students in this study were found to be seeking large amounts of explicit corrective feedback provided by the teacher.  As for the pedagogical implications, ‘meta-correction’ is suggested as a solution to the problem of conflicting CF perceptions of students and teachers and to improve and enhance error correction practices within Iranian EFL context. 

scholarly journals Exploring Native and Non-Native EFL Teachers’ Oral Corrective Feedback Practices: An Observational Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuf Demir ◽  
Kemal Sinan Özmen
Keyword(s):  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Oral Corrective Feedback ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Native English Speaking Teachers

Commonly defined as L2 teachers’ responses to learners’ erroneous utterances, oral correctivefeedback (OCF) is an interactional classroom phenomenon which frequently occurs in foreignlanguage classes and has gained growing momentum in SLA research in recent years.However, how OCF preferences of English teachers vary in terms of their native-nonnativespeaker status remains as an uncharted territory of inquiry specifically in an expanding-circlecontext. This study aims to reveal the differences between in-class OCF practices of native andnon-native English-speaking teachers (NESTs & NNESTs) in Turkish EFL context and toexplore the cross-cultural influences that might affect these practices. To these ends, structuredclassroom observations and interviews were conducted with seven NESTs and seven NNESTs.The findings of the observations showed that the NESTs’ and NNESTs’ in-class OCF practicesdiffered considerably in terms of their tolerance of errors, preferred OCF types, the amount ofOCF and different types of OCF to different types of errors. Moreover, the follow-up interviewfindings demonstrated some similar and different dispositions between the teacher groupsconcerning several dimensions (whether, how, when, and which errors should be corrected, andby whom) including the effect of teaching experience and teacher education on their OCF-giving patterns.

scholarly journals The Influence of Educational Programme on Teachers’ Error Correction Preferences in the Speaking Skill: Insights from English as a Foreign Language Context

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Emre Debreli ◽  
Nazife Onuk
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Error Correction ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Educational Programme ◽  
Classroom Observations ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Language Context

<p class="apa">In the area of language teaching, corrective feedback is one of the popular and hotly debated topics that have been widely explored to date. A considerable number of studies on students’ preferences of error correction and the effects of error correction approaches on student achievement do exist. Moreover, much on teachers’ preferences of error correction approaches has also been explored. However, less seems to be done with regard to teachers’ practices of error correction approaches, especially in the area of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). The present study explored EFL teacher’s preferences of error correction approaches in the speaking skill, and further focused on whether the teachers were able to employ the approaches they preferred in their classrooms. Data were collected from a group of 17 EFL teachers, through semi-structured interviews and classroom observations. The findings revealed that although the teachers had clear preferences for error correction approaches, they could not employ them in their classrooms owing to the educational programme constraints. Furthermore, it was observed that they often had to adopt approaches that they were not actually in favour of. Implications for programme and curriculum designers are further discussed.</p>

scholarly journals FEATURES OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE LESSON

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (194) ◽  
pp. 167-172
Author(s):  
Tetyana Tokaryeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Proper Understanding ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Oral Skills ◽  
Specific Part

The article considers the main features of a foreign language lesson in view of the goals and content of the lesson, its complex nature, structure and main types. Considerable attention is paid to the complex nature of work in the classroom, as all elements of language material – phonetic, lexical and grammatical – are interdependent in the implementation of foreign language speech activities. The specifics of goal setting are considered taking into account the features of the lesson, its structure and typology. The purpose of the lesson is a definite reflection of the ultimate goal, a specific part of it. Proper understanding of the purpose of the lesson should be based on a combination of two features of the lesson – language learning and complexity. Each foreign language lesson has a practical, educational and upbringing purpose. The structure of the lesson involves closely interrelated and independent activities of teachers and students, in which the learning process is embodied. The article focuses on the initial stage of a foreign language lesson, which prepares students to implement skills and abilities in various types of speech activities, such as speaking, listening, reading and writing. The beginning of the lesson is one of the constant stages of a foreign language lesson. The initial stage consists of various exercises, mostly oral. It can also be implemented in the form of dialogue between students, in the form of students asking a series of questions on a particular topic addressed to the class. The teacher may also suggest starting the lesson with a story based on familiar and understandable learning material. In addition, individual or frontal control can be performed at the beginning of the lesson. Since a foreign language lesson is a lesson in the development of skills, the stages of communication and consolidation of new knowledge are combined with the performance of various exercises. Lessons of different types, combined for a specific purpose, can form a system of thematic series, within which the objectives of the lessons vary in quantitative and qualitative terms. There are three such systems, namely, the system of lessons aimed at: 1) the development of oral skills and abilities; 2) reading and understanding the text; 3) for the development of both groups of skills. An overview of the typology of foreign language lessons developed and proposed by leading experts in the field of methods of teaching foreign languages is presented in order to emphasize the features of a foreign language lesson.

scholarly journals The English-speaking environment of a non-linguistic university: features, prospects and risks in the context of digital transformations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Р.М. Игнатьева
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Management ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Language Competence ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Language Environment ◽  
The University

В статье раскрыты стратегические цели и задачи проекта «Формирование англоязычной среды» в одном из региональных неязыковых вузов в ГБОУ ВО «Альметьевский государственный нефтяной институт». Автором представлены результаты констатирующего этапа эксперимента по формированию иноязычной компетенции субъектов образовательного процесса, позволяющие выявить как проблемы преподавателей, так и студентов. В связи с этим, в рамках реализации данного проекта автором разработан комплекс мероприятий по повышению уровней сформированности иноязычной компетенции отдельно для преподавателей и студентов; представлены педагогические механизмы поступательного формирования англоязычной среды для руководства вуза; выявлены особенности и конкурентные преимущества вуза в формировании англоязычной среды; спрогнозированы некоторые организационные ограничения и риски при реализации данного проекта. The article describes the strategic goals and objectives of the project "Formation of the English-speaking environment" in one of the regional non-linguistic universities in the State Budget Institution of Higher Education "Almetyevsk State Oil Institute". The author presents the experimental results of the establishing stage on forming foreign language competence of the subjects of the educational process, allowing to reveal both teachers' and students' problems. In this regard the author developed a set of measures to increase the levels of foreign language competence formation separately for teachers and students; presented pedagogical mechanisms of progressive formation of English-language environment for university management; identified features and competitive advantages of the university in formation of English-language environment; predicted some organizational constraints and risks in realization of the project.

scholarly journals Effects of recasts, clarification requests on suprasegment development of English intonation

2021 ◽  
pp. 311-325
Author(s):  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Hui Chang ◽  
Yi Liao
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Target Feature ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Phonological Knowledge ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Acoustic Analyses ◽  
Language Input

A total of 102 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners participated in the present study, which aimed to test how different types of corrective feedback-recasts and clarification requests-can differentially affect the suprasegment development of English intonation. All participants received 5 treatment sessions designed to encourage them to notice and practice the target feature in meaningful discourse; recasts or clarification requests were provided to the participants’ untargetlike production, except those in the control group (n=34), who received comparable instruction but without corrective feedback. Acoustic analyses were conducted on 7 intonation features including words/IP, pause, anacrusis, lengthing, pitch reset, improper tonicity and tone selection elicited via pretest and posttest measures targeting trained instances and untrained instances. The results showed that 1) recasts are more effective than clarification requests on EFL learners’ suprasegment development of English intonation; 2) recasts may not only lead learners to establish, reinforce and generalize their new phonological knowledge of English intonation that they had practiced during the treatments, but also help them transmit their attention from trained to untrained learning of foreign language input at a suprasegmental level.

scholarly journals The correlation between cognitive styles and written corrective feedback preferences among Iranian and Turkish EFL learners

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 669-685
Author(s):  
Parivash Jamali Kivi ◽  
Ronald M. Hernández ◽  
Jorge Luis Escalante Flores ◽  
Doris Fuster-Guillén
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Cognitive Styles ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Placement Test ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Written Corrective Feedback ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Iranian Students

This study aimed at finding the correlation between Iranian and Turkish EFL learners’ cognitive styles and their preferences for different WCF types. Sixty out of seventy-five EFL students at the intermediate level in two contexts (Iran and Turkey) were selected through the Oxford Placement Test. There were two instruments in this research: The Learning Styles Questionnaire, and CF questionnaire. The researcher gave detailed instructions on how to complete the surveys. The findings demonstrated that there was a correlation between EFL students’ cognitive styles and their WCF preferences in both Iran and Turkey contexts. The second research question results indicated that there was a relationship between learners’ cognitive styles and their preferences for different types of errors to be corrected. The results of the third research question showed that the correlation between Iranian students’ cognitive styles and their preferences for different CF frequencies was not significant. The last research question results showed that the correlation between Turkish students’ cognitive styles and their preferences for different CF frequencies was not significant.   Keywords: Cognitive Styles – EFL Learners – Preferences – Written Corrective Feedback.

scholarly journals Teaching Technical English: Corrective Feedback Based on Students’ and Teachers’ Beliefs

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Oksana Chugai ◽  
Olena Ogienko
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Classroom Observations ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Teachers Beliefs ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Academic Year

<p>The present study investigates the beliefs of students and teachers about corrective feedback (CF) regarding necessity, timing and the most effective types in technical English setting. This study was conducted at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” with students majoring in Information Technology, Mathematics or Physics ranged between 18 and 22 years of age. Methods included a questionnaire, interviews and classroom observations. The feedback from 55 students and 33 teachers was collected during practical classes in February – March at the beginning of the second semester of 2019-2020 academic year. This research has confirmed the necessity of CF for students and teachers. It also demonstrated the differences regarding timing: teachers preferred delayed to immediate CF, while students equally appreciated both. The research also indicated that both teachers and students preferred indirect types of CF; teachers had stronger attitudes though. The research demonstrated the most effective types of CF for students: meta-linguistic clue and repetition, while for teachers it was elicitation. Completing the survey, both teachers and students chose at least two different types of CF. The necessity of effective CF, which requires learning more about students’ and teachers’ beliefs, benefits and drawbacks of each CF type, is emphasized. The results of the present research may be used by practitioners, who would like to use CF effectively in teaching technical English. Future studies may explore CF in terms of students’ and teachers’ beliefs and behavior in different learning environments.</p>

Review of Research on EFL Teachers’ Knowledge, Beliefs and Classroom Practices

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-65
Author(s):  
Elena Coyle
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Environmental Support ◽  
Knowledge And Beliefs ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Native English Speaking ◽  
Native English Speaking Teachers

At the time of globalization, a need for teachers of English is growing. Teachers who teach English without environmental support are called teachers of English as a foreign language, or EFL teachers. EFL teachers are divided into native English-speaking teachers (NESTs) and non-native English-speaking teachers (NNESTs). To gain a greater understanding of NESTs’ of EFL and NNESTs’ of EFL work, I reviewed research on the teachers’ knowledge and beliefs and classroom practices and compared and contrasted those. Such comparing and contrasting showed that there are both similarities and differences between the teachers’ knowledge and beliefs and classroom practices.

scholarly journals Saudi EFL Learners’ Preferences of the Corrective Feedback on Written Assignment

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Maysa M. Qutob ◽  
Abeer Ahmed Madini
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Private School ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Constructive Feedback ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Written Assignments ◽  
Qualitative Part ◽  
To Receive ◽  
One Way Anova

The aim of the current study is to investigate the Saudi English as a foreign language (EFL) learners&rsquo; preferences for corrective feedback on written assignments. This mixed-method study used a closed-ended Likert scale questionnaire that was adopted and adapted to suit the participants under investigation. Additionally, an open-ended question was used to gain more insight. Both instruments were completed by 114 Saudi female EFL learners whose ages ranged from 12 to 13 years old and who were studying in the seventh grade at a private school in Jeddah. The instruments were given to the learners after 6 weeks of implementing three different types of feedback on written assignments. The quantitative part of the study was descriptively analysed using SPSS to find the learners&rsquo; preferences in corrective feedback, and a one-way ANOVA was used to find the differences between learners&rsquo; preferences among groups. The qualitative part of the study was thematically categorised and manually analysed using Excel. The findings revealed that the learners&rsquo; preferences did not vary according to the type of corrective feedback. However, the vast majority of learners preferred having constructive feedback on how to correct their mistakes. Additionally, learners preferred the use of electronic devices to receive corrective feedback. This study suggests that teachers consider learners&rsquo; preferences on corrective feedback so that they can incorporate these into their teaching plans.

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