since the emergence of the process-oriented approach in second language writing instruction, the issues of writing instruction have been predominantly concerned with what and how error feedback should be given to the students’ writing. the present study investigated the effect of explicit corrective feedback on writing accuracy of iranian intermediate efl learners (n = 44) in hamedan islamic az...

this research chiefly focused on the application of mitigation strategies and traditional form of feedback in writing development of the fifth semester university students majoring in tefl and english translation fields based on vygotsky’s sociocultural theory in general and the notion of “zone of proximal development” in particular. to that end, this study relied on a pre-posttest experimental...

This research was aimed at revealing EFL learners’ attitude toward their teacher’s and peers’ written corrective feedback (WCF) on composition in the context of teaching learning English as a foreign language (EFL). Fifty-nine students were involved this research. The questionnaire three-point Likert scale – showing options agree, neutral, disagree used to collect data. Further, result data ana...

The extensive amount of literature on written corrective feedback has dispelled many doubts that question its effectiveness. However, despite this valid contribution, there is still controversy about pedagogical recommendations found in such literature, particularly, after conducting a systematic bibliographic review. results reveal an overall lacks consistency, to the extent detailed classific...

Research on written corrective feedback (WCF) has received sustained interest in the field of second language acquisition and education. This viewpoint article extends theoretical conceptual discussion WCF research by introducing notions “feedback literacy” ecology”. In this article, I first review three strands research. Then, argue for need to shift focus our investigation from information (f...

researchers have suggested that interactional feedback which is between teacher and learner during their writing is associated with l2 learning because it prompts learners to notice l2 forms. this paper reports a classroom-based study that investigated the role of feedback in socio-cultural theory. in this study, 12 efl learners performed on three writing tasks and were provided with a three-st...