Saudi EFL Learners’ Preferences of the Corrective Feedback on Written Assignment
| Autor: | Maysa M. Qutob, Abeer Ahmed Madini |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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050101 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language Private school Teaching method 05 social sciences English as a foreign language Constructive Language and Linguistics Education Likert scale 030507 speech-language pathology & audiology 03 medical and health sciences English second language Mathematics education 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Corrective feedback 0305 other medical science Psychology Second language instruction |
| Zdroj: | English Language Teaching. 13:16 |
| ISSN: | 1916-4750 1916-4742 |
| DOI: | 10.5539/elt.v13n2p16 |
| Popis: | The aim of the current study is to investigate the Saudi English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ 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’ preferences in corrective feedback, and a one-way ANOVA was used to find the differences between learners’ preferences among groups. The qualitative part of the study was thematically categorised and manually analysed using Excel. The findings revealed that the learners’ 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’ preferences on corrective feedback so that they can incorporate these into their teaching plans. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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