The Effect of Written Corrective Feedback on the Accuracy of Output Task and Learning of Target Form
Subject Areas : آموزش زبان انگلیسیمحمدرضا حسین نژاد 1 * , محمد رضا ملاحسینی 2
1 - Iranshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iranshahr, Iran
2 - Takestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Takestan, Iran
Keywords: Output, Explicit Feedback, Implicit Feedback,
Abstract :
The effect of error feedback on the accuracy of output task types such as editing task, text reconstruction task, picture cued writing task, and dictogloss task, has not been clearly explored. Following arguments concerning that the combination of both corrective feedback and output makes it difficult to determine whether their effects were in combination or alone, the purpose of the present study is to document the role of teachers’ feedback in improving the accuracy of linguistic form in output tasks and in acquiring target form. To this end, this study compared three groups of Iranian intermediate learners (N= 93), one with direct grammar feedback, the other one with indirect grammar feedback and the last one with no grammar feedback. In terms of the target form uptake from first to subsequent text reconstruction tasks, the analysis of the data obtained within ten treatment sessions indicated that the participants, who received written corrective feedback compared to those who did not, progressed significantly from the first to the subsequent output tasks. In terms of learning, the learners who had the opportunities for receiving feedback performed significantly better than those in non- feedback condition on the production and recognition post- tests although explicit feedback rather than implicit feedback led to greater learning of target form on the production test, but no significant differences were found in relative efficacy of the two written corrective feedback types as far as the result of the recognition test was concerned.
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