EFL Learners’ and Teachers’ Perceptions toward Corrective Feedback and Collaborative Writing: A Mixed-Methods Study

Subject Areas : آموزش زبان انگلیسی

Maryam Soleimani ¹ , Zahra Aghazadeh ²

1 - Department of Humanities, Farhangiyan University, Urmia, West Azarbaijan, Iran
2 - Ministry of Education

Received: 2024-06-03 Accepted : 2024-12-03 Published : 2024-11-17

Keywords: Corrective Feedback, Collaborative Writing, EFL Learners, EFL Teachers, Perceptions ,

Abstract :

Perceptions have absorbed scholarly scrutiny within the domain of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) due to their potential to significantly impact learning behaviors. Hence, this study investigated female English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ and learners’ attitudes toward patterns of Corrective Feedback (CF) and Collaborative Writing (CW). This study involved 150 EFL female learners aged between 14 and 20 along with 40 EFL female instructors at Iran Language Institute (ILI) in Urmia, Iran. The learners filled out the adapted version of Loewen et al.’s (2009) CF scale that encompassed 24 items. Additionally, a CF questionnaire, developed by the researcher, was administered to the teachers that comprised of 14 items. Furthermore, a CW questionnaire adapted from Aghazadeh et al. (2022) involving 8 items were administered among the learners and the teachers. To supplement the quantitative data at the end of the study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants. The outcomes demonstrated that both teachers and learners had a positive attitude toward CF and CW. The theoretical and practical implications of the study were accordingly discussed.

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