The Impact of Dynamic Written Corrective Feedback on EFL Writing Accuracy, Fluency, and Complexity

Subject Areas : Curriculum Design and Development

Victoria Sayad Deghatkar ¹ , Mohammad Reza Khoda Reza ² , Valeh Valipour ³

1 - Department of English Language, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran
2 - Department of English language, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran
3 - Department of English language, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran

Received: 2023-07-23 Accepted : 2023-07-23 Published : 2022-07-01

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Abstract :

Purpose: The current study intended to assess the impact of dynamic written corrective feedback (WCF) on helping Iranian EFL learners to write better narrative essays in English with respect to conditional sentences as the newly learned grammatical instruction. Method: This study was mixed in terms of the nature of the data and was organized into two parts: quantitative and qualitative. In the quantitative method, the participants were fifty-four EFL learners from the intermediate level. They were allocated to an experimental group that received dynamic (WCF), and a control group that was taught based on the traditional writing approach. The subjects were tested before and after the treatment. In order to answer the first research question, independent t-tests were run. In the qualitative method, data from eight face-to-face interviews with EFL teachers have been analyzed and compared in an effort to discover the type of corrective feedback EFL teachers believe helps learners in developing various writing skills. Findings: Concerning the research's first question, independent t-tests proved that dynamic (WCF) affected students` performance on writing accuracy, fluency, and complexity with regard to conditionals. In addition, data from interviews with EFL teachers supported the incorporation of a combination of direct and indirect written corrective feedback methods recently known as dynamic WCF when assessing foreign language writers. Conclusion: According to the findings, the application of dynamic WCF had a noticeable impact, and empowered the EFL learners to utilize the conditional sentences with more accuracy, fluency, and complexity.