A webinar from www.elt-training.com on different ways of giving feedback on learners' writing and what kinds of things are good to correct.

1. Webinar
Giving feedback on writing
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2. Why do we write?

3. Why do we want our
learners to write?

4. Exams/tests
Why do we want our
learners to write?

5. Work or study…
Why do we want our
learners to write?

6. Language
acquisition
Why do we want our
learners to write?

7. Reinforcement
Why do we want our
learners to write?

8. Homework
Why do we want our
learners to write?

9. Giving feedback on writing
Using a correction
code
Redrfting
Redrafting

10. Direct
feedback

11. I am here in UK
for three months.

12. have been the
I am here in UK
for three months.

13. Possible
advantages
Learners often like it!

14. Possible
advantages
Relatively easy for
teachers

15. Possible
disadvantages
May not help

16. Indirect feedback
I am here in UK
for three months.

17. Indirect feedback
I am here in UK
for three months.

18. Indirect feedback
** I am here in UK
for three months.

19. Possible advantages
May promote more engagement
and ‘noticing’

20. Does level make
a difference?
Yes!

21. Does it
work?!
We don’t know

22. Using a correction
code
(or ‘explicit metalinguistic
correction’…)

23. I am here in
UK for three
months.

24. T
I am here in
UK for three
months.

25. WW wrong word
WW
He is very good in
mathematics.

26. WF wrong form
WF
Water is freezing at zero
degrees.

27. WO word order
WO
He always is making mistakes.

28. missing word
My father is electrician.

29. Sp spelling
Sp
Which is the bigest?

30. P punctuation
P P
who was she.

31. Writing correction code
Try - Activities © BBC | British Council 2007
Writing correction code
Code Use Example
WW Wrong word As our plane flew on the mountains we saw snow.
WT Wrong time As our plane flew over the mountains we see snow.
WF Wrong form As our plane flew over the mountains we was seeing
snow.
WO Wrong order As our plane over the mountain flew we saw snow.
SP Spelling As our plane flue over the mountains we saw snow.
P Punctuation As our plane flew over the mountains; we saw snow.
X Extra word As our plane flew over to the mountains we saw snow.
M Missing word As our plane flew over the mountains saw snow.
R Register As our plane flew over the mountains we observed snow.
? Not clear As our plane flew over the mountains we saw snow.
! Silly mistake! As our plane flew over the mountains we seed snow.
RW Try re-writing Our vehicle flies, we snow find, over mountains you saw it.
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32. Mark Error Indicated
/ A word is missing
/ Start a new sentence
// Start a new paragraph
Gr Grammar error
Sp Spelling error
P Punctuation error
Art Error with articles (a, an, the)
c/unc Countable/uncountable error
Wo Wrong word order
Ww Wrong word
Wt Wrong tense
Wf Wrong form
Irreg Irregular verb
? Unclear
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/marking-students-
written-work-with-correction-code.html

33. Does it
work?!
We don’t know!

34. Rewriting
drafts….

35. Looking at
corrections
INPUT
OUTPUT
Making own
corrections or
redrafting.

36. Learners often find this process
tedious….

37. Get them to
keep a log of
common
mistakes eg. articles,
prepositions,
tenses, word
order….

38. What should we
correct?

39. What should we
correct?
Content?

40. What should we
correct?
Organisation?

41. What should we
correct?
Target language
only?

42. What should we
correct?
All language
errors?

43. What should we
correct?
Everything?

44. Exams/tests
Often a significant part of the marks are
for content and organisation.

45. Focused correction
Provides
multiple
examples of
the same error.
Learners more
likely to notice
and learn.

46. Focused correction
BUT..
may be less
useful in the
long term?

47. Your turn!

48. my name is _________________,i am 22 years old ,
i am from yemen , i have 2 brothers and 4 sisters .
my Hobbies :reading ,photography ,swimming ,lstening to My
Ipod
Fashion, Traveling , billy dancing .
i have a student visitor for 11 months to learn english i want
to do this Course the
Reason english is a world language
i chose to study in england Because it is a Stunning
country
i realy like this country and i tell my father when i Finish
learning English
i will work with him in England for general trading and
poultry ..
today is my first day in school and i Really enjoyed i hope
all class
like today, thank you ms jo for your time .

49. Thank you for telling me about yourself- I’m glad that
you enjoyed today and hope that you enjoy all of your
lessons 
Take care with capital letters – every sentence must
start with a capital and end with a full stop. Also ‘I’ and
countries always have capitals but not other words.
I’ve underlined all of your mistakes with punctuation.
Try to correct these mistakes in class – ask me if you
are not sure.
Well done for your hard work.

50. How about
spell checkers??

51. Further information
Dr. Rod Ellis
TESOL Written Corrective Feedback
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn35iHCljC8