Preferences of Second Language Earners on Corrective Feedback and their Relationships to their English Academic Performances

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ma. Theresa B. Valerio
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Academic Development ◽  
Bilingual Learners ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Grammar Learning ◽  
Education Academic ◽  
Keywords Education ◽  
Clarification Request

Amidst the issues and research on language learning, correcting the learners’ mistakes and errors is an eventual quest among L2 teachers because acquiring mistakes by the learners and checking done by the L2 teachers are always intertwined with language learning. This study describes the inevitable phenomena of actual classroom scenarios of feedbacks as an inseparable part of language learning among the multi-dialectal learners of Quirino Province, Philippines. In gathering the necessary data, the researcher used questionnaires and interviews among the respondents. Findings reveal that the respondents somewhat preferred the explicit and metalinguistic corrective feedbacks while they moderately preferred recast and clarification request. Results also reveal that along explicit corrective feedback, there exist significant differences when they are grouped by ethnicity and courses. The overall responses of the respondents, along with the types of corrective feedbacks, show that all the students wanted to be corrected but in different ways. It is important for teachers to know the learners’ preferences for corrective feedback to maximize their potential effects on the latter’s academic performances. Although recent pedagogical studies have investigated students’ preferences on corrective feedback, this paper reveals additional evidences for feedbacks and their facilitative roles in grammar learning among bilingual learners. Keywords - Education, academic development, corrective feedbacks, descriptive-correlational research, Philippines

Focus-on-Form and Corrective Feedback in Communicative Language Teaching

1990 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patsy M. Lightbown ◽  
Nina Spada
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Focus On Form ◽  
Class Differences ◽  
Grade 5

The developing oral English of approximately 100 second language learners (four intact classes) was examined in this study. The learners were native speakers of French (aged 10–12 years) who had received a 5-month intensive ESL course in either grade 5 or grade 6 in elementary schools in Quebec. A large corpus of classroom observation data was also analyzed.Substantial between-class differences were found in the accuracy with which students used such English structures as progressive -ing and adjective–noun order in noun phrases. There was some evidence that these differences (which were not correlated with performance on listening comprehension tests) were due to differences in teachers' form-focused instruction. These findings are discussed in terms of current competing views of the role of form-focused instruction in second language learning.

scholarly journals THE EXPRESSIONS OF CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK IN SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulistyani Sulistyani
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Classroom Instruction ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
International Communication ◽  
Language Learner ◽  
Oral Production ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Lexical Errors ◽  
Clarification Request

<p>This study aims to review the teacher’s expressions which constitute teacher’s corrective feedbacks (CFs) in oral production and examine the ways the teachers' expression revealing teacher’s CFs. The data are in the forms of teachers' utterances obtained from four research articles. The result shows that teacher' expressions which  constitute CFs cover explicit correction, recast, clarification request, metalinguistic, elicitation, and repetition. While the ways which reveal teacher’s CFs are found to be reduction, negation, and  expansion. The area to be corrected commonly involves phonological, grammatical, and lexical errors. So, it can be concluded that in a second language classroom instruction, teacher’s CFs expressions lead learners' erroneous utterances to be resolved because by saying "Sorry?" (clarification request), a teacher implicitly asks a language learner to reformulate what he has just been said which is usually called repair. Thus, it implies that the teacher’s CFs expressions in a second language classroom instruction are facilitative to resolve learners' problematic linguistic accuracy. In Indonesia, where English is used as foreign language, CFs are important to be practiced. Therefore, CF’s expressions are necessary to be introduced as a model to practice for the improvement of the linguistic competence especially in English speaking as it is assumed that excellence in speaking is expected to increase Indonesian human capital particularly in global competition and international communication.</p>

scholarly journals Improving Language Pedagogy through Exploration of Learners’ Errors: An Examination of Undergraduates’ Written Communication

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fizza Farrukh
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Electronic Mail ◽  
English Language ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Comparative Investigation ◽  
Target Language ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Students First

One major part of language learning pedagogy includes identifying and rectifying discrepancies while communicating through the target language. In such educational settings, the importance of understanding learners’ errors becomes undeniable for both the pupil and pedagogue. Keeping this in forefront, the current investigation sampled two-hundred and ten emails jotted down by ESL (‘English as a Second Language’) students to their teachers. This comparative investigation divided the learners’ emails into two groups; First Semester and Fourth Semester, enrolled in MA English at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Virtual Campus, Islamabad. Utilizing Corder’s Model (1967) and Sawalmeh’s Categorization (2013), the emails were scrutinized and the results established that selected Pakistani learners commit nine different errors regularly in their electronic mail communiqué. Moreover, these outputs were comparatively studied utilizing the statistical software of SPSS (Version 16.0). These results highlighted a significant difference between the two semesters, which revealed a considerable reduction of errors in the learners’ language use as they move from first to fourth semester of the prescribed degree program. Additionally, Richards’ framework (1974) for deciphering source of learners’ errors was employed, which depicted that the first semester students’ first language (Urdu) frequently interferes when they use the second language (English) in writing emails. Meanwhile, the fourth semester students’ language errors majorly contained deviant structures or ignorance of target language’s (English) rules. Considering these findings, the study proposes similar studies to be conducted on other institutes’ pupils and also recommends practical methodologies like corrective feedback for teachers, in aiding learners to fortify their command on English language.

scholarly journals COUNTERPOINT PIECE: THE CASE FOR VARIETY IN CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK RESEARCH

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Lyster ◽  
Leila Ranta
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Impact

Goo and Mackey (this issue) outline several apparent design flaws in studies that have compared the impact of different types of corrective feedback (CF). Furthermore, they argue that SLA researchers should stop comparing recasts to other types of CF because they are inherently different kinds of phenomena. Our response to their article addresses (a) the claim that the recast-learning relationship has been “settled,” (b) the misleading representation of our views on uptake, (c) the characterization of the CF comparison studies as being weak and invalid, and (d) Goo and Mackey’s recommendations concerning the most appropriate approach to investigating the effect of feedback on second language learning.

Grammar Learning Strategy Use by English-Major University Students: An Investigation with Grammar Learning Strategy Inventory (GLSI)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-70
Author(s):  
Kento Nakachi
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Strategy Instruction ◽  
Grammar Learning ◽  
Learning Strategy Use ◽  
English Major

A fruitful discussion on language learning strategies has taken place in the field of second language research. However, little is known about grammar learning strategy (GLS) use (Pawlak, 2013, 2018, 2020). The present study explores GLS utilized by 145 English-major university students with Grammar Learning Strategy Inventory (GLSI), a data-collecting instrument developed by Pawlak (2018, 2020). In addition, the current study examines TOEIC scores extracted from 27 student participants to investigate if there is any correlation between GLS use and TOEIC scores. The descriptive data analysis revealed that cognitive strategies used when coping with corrective feedback were the most commonly utilized strategies while affective strategies were the least. Furthermore, the correlational analysis demonstrated that five strategies from metacognitive, cognitive, and affective GLS showed a weak-to-moderate correlation with TOEIC scores (p < .05). The present study concludes with an emphasis on strategy instruction and the necessity of further investigation using GLSI. 第二言語研究の分野において言語学習方略については多くの議論がなされてきた。しかしながら, 文法学習方略（GLS）の利用についてはほとんど研究がされていない（Pawlak, 2013, 2018, 2020）。本研究では, Pawlak（2018, 2020）によって開発されたGrammar Learning Strategy Inventory（GLSI）を用いて日本で英語を専攻する145名の大学生によるGLSの利用について探究する。加えて, 本研究では27名の学生から得られたTOEICの得点を基に, GLSとTOEICスコアとの間に相関があるのかを考察する。記述データ分析では, 修正フィードバックの処理に関わる認知方略が最も利用されていた一方で, 情意方略が最も利用されていなかったことが明らかになった。さらに相関分析では, メタ認知方略, 認知方略, 情意方略に含まれる5つの方略とTOEICの得点との間に弱から中程度の相関（p < .05）があることが分かった。本稿では, 最後に方略指導とGLSIを用いた更なる研究の必要性について述べる。

Online Tools for Feedback Engagement in Second Language Learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marinella Caruso ◽  
Nicola Fraschini ◽  
Sabine Kuuse
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Online Tools

Feedback is one of the most important influences on second language learning. While much research has been undertaken in the field of corrective feedback, the study of student engagement with feedback in languages remains understudied. This article addresses the need for more interactive, effective and time-saving feedback, achieving more student engagement and ultimately enhancing their learning experience. Considering that engagement with feedback goes hand-in-hand with both awareness of the learning process and literacy about the feedback process itself, a range of interactive materials was developed embracing technology as a useful partner: three short videos to support feedback and language literacy, an online coversheet to establish a dialogical relation between student and instructor and an online data-bank of feedback comments. The students' evaluation of the materials support the conclusion that this communicative feedback lead to students feeling more aware and engaged with the feedback, thus becoming more responsible and active participants in their own language learning.

Providing graduated corrective feedback in an intelligent computer-assisted language learning environment

ReCALL ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haiyang Ai
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
L2 Development ◽  
Design Effectiveness ◽  
Intelligent Computer ◽  
Scholarly Attention

AbstractCorrective feedback (CF), a response to linguistic errors made by second language (L2) learners, has received extensive scholarly attention in second language acquisition. While much of the previous research in the field has focused on whether CF facilitates or impedes L2 development, few studies have examined the efficacy of gradually modifying the explicitness or specificity of CF as a function of a learner’s response to the feedback. Yet, the type and extent of CF needed by a learner, as suggested by Vygotsky (1978), sheds light on whether a learner is developing his or her abilities in a particular area and the ways in which they do it. This paper reports on a study that explores the design, effectiveness and learners’ perception toward agraduated(Aljaafreh & Lantolf, 1994) approach to CF, i.e., feedback that progresses from very general and implicit to very specific and explicit, in an intelligent computer-assisted language learning (ICALL) environment. The results show that the graduated approach to CF is effective in helping learners to self-identify and self-correct a number of grammatical issues, although an onsite tutor provides necessary remedies when the ICALL system occasionally fails to do its part. Implications for CF research, particularly on the notion of individualized feedback, are also discussed.

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