The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effects of direct and indirect correctivefeedback on Iranian intermediate EFL learners’ speaking accuracy. This present research aimedto investigate the differential impact of recast and metalinguistic feedback on speakingperformance of EFL learners. To do so, After administering a Nelson test to have ahomogeneous sample a total number of ...

Abstract This aptitude–treatment interaction study investigated the extent to which explicit and implicit cognitive abilities are differentially related learning outcomes under two corrective feedback conditions. One hundred thirteen intermediate English learners of Spanish were randomly assigned an (recast), (explicit correction), or control group after completing tests from aptitude batteries...

The goal of this thesis is to explore how foreign language learning can be facilitated through the use of intelligent computer-assisted language learning (ICALL) based on natural language processing (NLP) methods. ICALL was provided in the form of a task-based dialog system that gives corrective feedback.We investigated how different parameters of the interaction affect the learning progress. B...

In this paper, we address common issues faced by students in programming courses by combining implicit and explicit corrective feedback to provide real-time assistance in coding tasks and introducing a novel gamebased concept visualisation technique to allow students to visually obtain knowledge of coding concepts and execution state. The mapping between game actions and source code forms an im...

This paper reports on a study thatinvestigated Iranian EFL high school students’ perceptions of written grammar feedback to specify their reasons for preferring comprehensive or selective feedback and choosing some feedback strategies. A questionnaire was administered to 100 EFL intermediate high school students who were selected based on their scores on a proficiency test. Moreover, semi-struc...

the necessity of conducting more studies addressing the development of pragmatic profciency and strong pragmatic awareness for english language learners has made the role of instruction and feedback in teaching pragmatic knowledge of utmost importance. the present study evaluates the relative effectiveness of four types of instruction for teaching some pragmatic markers including topic change m...