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Vietnamese EFL students’ perception and preferences for teachers’ written fee...AJHSSR Journal
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(TWF) in the EFL writing class as well as the factors determining the effectiveness of TWF. This study
examined Vietnamese EFL university students’ perceptions toward and preferences for TWF as well the
problems they encounter when dealing with TWF. A Likert scale questionnaire was used to collect quantitative
data from 84 English major students at a university in Vietnam. The analysis indicated that the majority of
participants find TWF helpful and crucial for the development of their writing skill. Comprehensive correction
appeared to be more favorable to the students as they expected the feedback to mark all their errors. It is also
reported that although the students prefer to receive indirect feedback, they face several difficulties when
processing TWF and need additional clues or guidance from their teachers.
KEYWORDS : EFL learners, writing, teachers’ written feedback, perceptions, preferences
The impact of structure on word meaning and fill in-the-blank tests procedure...Dr. Seyed Hossein Fazeli
The purpose of research described in the current study to investigate the impact of structure knowing on two types of test, i.e. word-meaning test and fill-in-the-blank test, their correlation and procedures on both short-term and long-term retention of vocabulary items. The importance of the present study, to test the condition that learners are not allowed to use guess strategy or randomly answer the tests and they should give reason semantically for their answer, otherwise their answer, even is correct, is not scored. The population for subject recruitment was all undergraduate students from second semester at large university in Iran (both male and female) that study English as a compulsory paper. In Iran, English is taught as a foreign language.
Vietnamese EFL students’ perception and preferences for teachers’ written fee...AJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT : In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the role of teachers’ written feedback
(TWF) in the EFL writing class as well as the factors determining the effectiveness of TWF. This study
examined Vietnamese EFL university students’ perceptions toward and preferences for TWF as well the
problems they encounter when dealing with TWF. A Likert scale questionnaire was used to collect quantitative
data from 84 English major students at a university in Vietnam. The analysis indicated that the majority of
participants find TWF helpful and crucial for the development of their writing skill. Comprehensive correction
appeared to be more favorable to the students as they expected the feedback to mark all their errors. It is also
reported that although the students prefer to receive indirect feedback, they face several difficulties when
processing TWF and need additional clues or guidance from their teachers.
KEYWORDS : EFL learners, writing, teachers’ written feedback, perceptions, preferences
Perceptions and Preferences of ESL Students Regarding the Effectiveness of Co...iosrjce
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schools, regarding the corrective feedback. The results are based on the analysis of the responses to 120
questionnaires administered to the students. It confirms the positive value of corrective feedback, which the
body of existing research literature in the field states, and also reveals and provides evidence to the fact that
the learners quite often feel offended or embarrassed, particularly in teacher-fronted classes, when the
corrective feedback is given in the presence of their peers. And it is, however, also not decisively clear whether
the corrective feedback should be given immediately after the error is detected or after the students have
finished their tasks. The study also reveals that, often, the learners do not receive their expected feedback
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EFFECTS OF SUPERVISORY WRITTEN CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK: A REVIEW TO HIGHLIGHT PAS...ijejournal
Writing a dissertation is essential and widely recognized as a specifically challenging part of doctoral
study[1]. A lot of postgraduates find this process complicated, exhausting, stressful, isolating and
frustrating. It is necessary to recognize the effects of supervisory WCF since the whole journey of doctoral
students learning depends on righteous supervisory feedback. Supervisors review student's dissertations
and give feedback on a several of issues, they may highlight content, the idea of presentation/organization,
the appropriate use of language, vocabulary and many other issues. The feedback on these areas have
attracted great attention of researchers. Supervisor’s feedback to doctoral students on their dissertations
have been referred to supervisory feedback[2]. The value of supervisory feedback has been investigated by
several studies. This review will highlight the past investigations and future directions in supervisory
written corrective feedback. Since feedback at advanced level has different dynamics and perspectives,it is
crucial to understand the best way of giving written feedback to advanced learners[3]. It is worth
addressing diverse ways to treat advanced learners’ writings with professional and satisfying supervisory
feedback. Although numerous studies have been conducted on the subject, but recent research lacks a
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Secondary School English Language Teachers’ Frequently Used Corrective Feedba...inventionjournals
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A Comparison Study of the Effects of Implicit and Explicit Corrective Feedback on EFL Learners? Levels of Grammatical Accuracy
1. English Literature and Language Review
ISSN(e): 2412-1703, ISSN(p): 2413-8827
Vol. 2, No. 8, pp: 82-88, 2016
URL: http://arpgweb.com/?ic=journal&journal=9&info=aims
*Corresponding Author
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Academic Research Publishing Group
A Comparison Study of the Effects of Implicit and Explicit
Corrective Feedback on EFL Learners’ Levels of Grammatical
Accuracy
Nafiseh Asadzadeh Maleki*
Lecturer of TESL, Department of ELT, Malekan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Malekan, Iran
Hanieh Davatgari Asl Assistant Professor of TESL, Department of ELT, Ahar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahar, Iran
1. Introduction
In second language acquisition, a controversial topic that attracted the attention of most practitioners and
researchers in SLA domain is providing Corrective Feedback (CF). In language teaching zone, error correction and
the value of corrective feedback has been an issue of significant debate and has a continues history. CF has been
investigated from different aspects of error correction such as the type that best fits certain groups of learners, and
from different perspectives such as oral anxiety (DeKeyser, 1993), efficacy (Lightbown and Spada, 2006), and
learners’ preferences (Elwood and Bode, 2014), just to name a few. Sheen (2007) defined feedback as a teacher’s
reactive move that invites a learner to attend to the grammatical accuracy of the utterance produced by the learner.
According to Ellis et al. (2006), CF takes the form of one or a combination of the following responses by a teacher
when a learner makes an error: an indication that the learner committed an error, the provision of correct form of the
error, and the provision of some metalingual explanation regarding the error (p. 340). The considerable
characteristics of corrective feedback make it worthy of application. Ryan (1997) represents that providing feedback
is effective and can make students aware about their current writing skills. Despite this widespread perception, much
less agreement exists on the kinds of feedback that actually make a difference, or even on the kinds of gains in
proficiency that can be expected from feedback. Numerous factors must be considered in any study of feedback to
determine which ones are actually influential. For example, feedback can be provided by the teacher, other students,
or an automated system on a computer. Feedback can be written or spoken, and it can focus on content, organization,
grammatical form, or usage (e.g., spelling). Therefore, the type of feedback is an essential part of the language
learning process on linguistic errors. Ellis (2008) categorizes types of corrective feedback into: direct corrective
feedback (CF), indirect CF, Metalinguistic CF, Focused and unfocused CF, Electronic feedback and reformulation.
Therefore, the researcher aimed at finding out which of the corrective feedback strategies best serves EFL
learners at pre-intermediate level with their grammatical accuracy. For that reason, this study is an attempt to
investigate and compare the efficacy of three different corrective feedback techniques, namely, recast, error code,
and explanation, among Iranian EFL university learners.
1.1. Literature Review
In the literature of second language acquisition, various terms have been used for the process of providing
corrective feedback. Brandet (2008) proposes that feedback is considered as information provided to the learners and
is related to some aspects of their performance on various tasks. Generally, in language learning process, the term
feedback refers to information given to the learners by the teacher, peers, or others which they can use to revise their
inter language.
Abstract: Regarding the importance of the term corrective feedback, this study was an attempt to investigate
probable impacts of explicit and implicit corrective feedbacks on learners’ levels of grammatical range and
accuracy in their language learning and production. One-hundred pre-intermediate EFL learners, with an age
range of 18-26, were participated in this study. They were assigned into four groups: one control group who
received no treatment and three experimental groups who received three different types of corrective feedbacks
(recast, error code, and explanation). The outcomes of the present study confirmed the efficacy of explicit
feedback strategies than that of implicit and suggested that learners who used explanation as an explicit corrective
feedback strategy achieved higher scores than those who used recast and error code feedback strategies.
Keywords: Corrective feedback; Metalinguistic feedback; Grammatical accuracy; Recast; Error code; explanation.
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In language learning, the term "feedback" refers to information given to learners which they can use to revise
their inter language. A distinction is made between "positive" and "negative" feedback. Positive feedback refers to
information that indicates a hypothesis is incorrect (Ellis, 2000).
Good (1973) states that positive feedback refers to reciprocal interaction of parts of a dynamic system such that
increasing out of part of the system so affects input as in turn to increase output of another part. Negative feedback
refers to the reciprocal interaction of parts of a dynamic system such that increasing output of part of the system so
affects input as in turn to decrease output of another part (ibid). It is useful to distinguish "cognitive" and "affective"
feedback; the former relates to actual understanding while the latter concerns the motivational support that
interlocutors provide each other with during an interaction (Ellis, 2000).
Along with varying definitions of error feedback, some main strategies used by teachers in reacting to students’
errors have been identified. Following Ellis (2008) classification, teachers use direct and indirect error feedback.
Direct error feedback or overt correction is provided when the teacher writes the correct form in students’ papers
while in the later, the teacher just indicates indirectly the location of the error. The indirect corrective feedback can
be categorized into indicating along with locating the error and indicating only types.
There are considerable debates among teachers and researchers on whether and how to give L2 students
feedback on their grammatical errors (Ferris, 2002;2004; Truscott, 1996;1999). Truscott (1996) stated that grammar
correction should be abandoned and that it has no place in writing courses. Ferris (2002) believes that “students need
distinct and additional intervention from their writing teachers to make up their deficits and develop strategies for
finding, correcting, and avoiding errors” (p. 4).
Bitchener and Knoch (2010) stated that “learners who notice the difference between target – like input and their
non-target-like output are able to modify it as target like output” (p. 194). Gass (1990) argued against the notion that
just by presentation comprehensible input, learners can convert the information to intake and consequently to output.
He stated that corrective feedback act as an attention getting device and fossilization might occur without it.
As it is shown by the results of these and many other studies, there is still considerable contradiction among
scholars on the positive role of error feedback on improving learners’ second language acquisition. On that account
this study endeavors to determine to what extent different types of feedback, i.e. metalinguistic and recast influence
students’ language learning.
1.2. Empirical Background
Considering the role of providing different kinds of corrective feedbacks in EFL context, a bulk of studies has
been done on investigating various corrective feedback types on improving learners’ second language acquisition.
Ellis et al. (2008), addressed the differential effects of focused and unfocused feedback on accuracy
improvement of English as Foreign Language student writings. Both feedback methods helped long-term accuracy
of EFL learners more than no feedback method. This indicated that CF is effective in itself, at least where English
articles are concerned. However difference in the performance of focused and unfocused feedback groups was non-
significant.
According to Ellis (2008), there are some theories which offer that focused CF is more successful than other
types of feedback since learners are more likely to pay attention to those corrections which focus on specific error
types.
Sheen (2007), examined the differential effects of two approaches (direct and meta-linguistic) to focused
feedback on the accurate use of English definite and indefinite articles in ESL student writings. This study showed
that focused written CF helped improve ESL learners' accuracy, especially when meta-linguistic feedback was
provided.
Sheen (2007) investigated the differential effects of the provision of direct focused written CF accompanied by
oral meta-linguistic negotiation and mere direct written CF on the accuracy of EFL writing. The erroneous use of the
forms in focus for the experimental group was negotiated in addition to CF provided, the erroneous use of the forms
in focus was corrected through CF for the contrast group, and some comments on the quality of writings were
provided for the control group. Both the experimental and the contrast groups showed improvement over time. The
study showed that complementation of direct written CF and meta-linguistic discussion induced positive effects on
writing accuracy, and that direct written CF with meta-linguistic discussion was superior to direct CF without such
discussion.
In a study done by Lyster (1998), it was found that recasts are less likely to be successful at drawing learners’
attention to their ill-form output, at least in content based classroom where recasts are not likely to be perceived by
young learners at alternative or identical forms which are fulfilled other than corrective ones. Contrary to non-
corrective repetition in classroom discourse, recasts deal with pursuing confirmation or the correction of errors from
students’ side. In Lyster (1998) study Recasts did not seem to be able to provide learners with negative evidence
perhaps due to the fact that learners did not faced the correct form before.
In a study done by Kormos and Denes (2004) it was seen that fluency is not only a temporal phenomenon but
some variables such as accuracy and grammatical complexity are also taken into consideration. It was seen that those
who were fluent regarding high degree of speed in their speech also depicted more accuracy in speaking. The criteria
they proposed for accuracy includes such factors as speed, pace, smoothness, and grammatical accuracy.
Furthermore, Elder et al. (2002) investigated the impact of performance condition on perception of task difficulty.
By the shift from the grammatical ability of learners to their real performance, the instruments of measuring this
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ability really changed. They found that more complex tasks distract students’ attention from the form and direct it
towards context.
2. Research questions
1. What is the effect of recast as a corrective feedback on grammatical accuracy?
2. What is the effect of error code feedback on grammatical accuracy?
3. What is the effect of explanation feedback on grammatical accuracy?
4. Are there any significant differences among providing different kinds of corrective feedbacks
(recast, error code, and explanation) on grammatical accuracy?
3. Methodology
3.1. Participants
Four intact pre-intermediate EFL classes in an Iranian context provided the sample of the participants for the
current study. The participants’ age ranged from 18 to 26. Out of the total of 127 students, 100 students, majoring
English at Islamic Azad University in Maragheh, were selected as the participants of the study. The participants had
been placed in their level based on their scores on Preliminary English Test (PET). Accordingly, the participants
were assigned into four groups: one control group who received no corrective feedback and three experimental
groups who received three different kinds of corrective feedbacks (recast, error code, and explanation). Out of 100
learners participating in the study, 63 were females and 47 were males. The classes were held for four hours (or two
sessions) a week, for eight sessions.
3.2. Instruments
In order to measure learning gains which might have occurred during treatment sessions, three testing
instruments were utilized in the study. Before treatment sessions, the participants were supposed to take the
Preliminary English Test (PET) to ensure the homogeneity of the groups in terms of their L2 proficiency.A pre-test
and a post-test of grammar were designed for the measurement procedure of this study. The tests comprised of 30
statements that contained one error relevant to the special target linguistic structure. The students were required to
specify the error and provide the correct form of the erroneous part.
3.3. Procedure
The study aimed to scrutinize the effects of three different types of feedback techniques, namely, recast, error
code, and explanation feedback, on improving students’ grammatical accuracy in a quasi-experimental design. In
order to fulfill the current study, according to the students’ general proficiency test scores (PET), one hundred
students out of a population of one hundred and twenty seven whose scores ranged between one standard deviation
above and one standard deviation below the mean, studying English in Islamic Azad University in Maragheh, were
selected as the participants. The students were randomly assigned into four intact groups: one control group who
received no CF and three experiments groups who received three different CF techniques. Before treatment sessions
the students were supposed to take a grammar pre-test to measure their level of grammatical knowledge. The main
target structures were learning passive voices and conditional sentences. These target structures of the study were
chosen because of two major reasons. First of all, the researcher intended to examine the role of CF on previously
learned structures to gain more control over those structures rather than completely new ones. The second reason
was based on the idea of other teachers and most of the students in which these target structures were identified as
some types of the recurring errors among the learners. The students in the control group were required to study these
target structures but received no CF techniques and their errors were corrected in a conventional way (explicit direct
correction).
Example 1: Ahmad is reading an English book (change to passive)
Learner: An English book is reading by Ahmad.
Teacher: No. “Is reading” is not correct. You should say “an English book is being read by Ahmad”.
The participants’ errors in experimental group one were corrected by using recast as a CF technique. Recasts were
operationalized as a reformulation of a learner's errant utterance, without changing the original meaning intended by
the learner in a communicative activity (Sheen, 2007). Recasts in the current study were delivered with no extra or
unusual stress or emphasis on the corrected part of the learner’s incorrect utterance. The following example from the
current study’s database represents how recasts were operationalized in the study:
Example 2: Ali eats an apple. (Change to passive)
Learner: An apple eats.
Teacher: An apple is eaten. (The teacher emphasized on “is eating”)
In experimental group two, the teacher made use of error coded correction as a CF technique. Error coded feedback
points to the exact location of an error, and the type of the error involved is indicated with a code. The following
example demonstrates the use of error code feedback in this study:
Example3: (learning conditional sentences)
Learner: I pass the exam if I study hard.
Teacher: I pass (Future V) if I study hard.
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The teacher provided CF in the form of grammatical explanation of errors for the subjects in experimental group
three. In this group, the teacher numbers errors in text and writes a grammatical description for each numbered error
at the end of the text.
Example 4: (learning conditional sentences)
Learner: She got the best score if she read this book.
Teacher: She got (1) the best score if she read this book the day before the exam.
(1) – You should change the tense of the verb, because in conditional sentences you should pay attention to
the tense of the verb in the conditional sentence and modify the tense of the second verb in the response
sentence.
The students in all groups were required to study comments and apply them in their subsequent papers. As a final
point, the participants were asked to take a grammar post-test. The data sheets were collected and submitted to SPSS
for windows to analyze the efficacy of different CF techniques.
4. Data Analysis
Having collected all data from the pre-test and the post-test, the researcher employed SPSS for windows to
calculate the impact of different types of corrective feedbacks - namely: recast, error code, and explanation – on
Iranian learners’ grammatical accuracy. To this end, the obtained data were analyzed through the use of analysis of
variance (ANOVA).
As aforementioned, to ensure the homogeneity of the students regarding their previous grammatical knowledge,
a pre-test was administered. To see whether there is a significant difference among scores, a one-way ANOVA was
run. Tables 1 and 2 represent descriptive and one-way ANOVA results respectively.
Table-1. descriptive Statistics of the Scores of Pre-Test among Four Groups
N Mean
Std.
Deviation Std. Error
95% Confidence Interval for
Mean
Minimum MaximumLower Bound Upper Bound
control 25 15.7600 3.92938 .78588 14.1380 17.3820 10.00 23.00
recast 25 15.8000 3.53553 .70711 14.3406 17.2594 10.00 24.00
error code 25 15.9200 2.95691 .59138 14.6994 17.1406 10.00 21.00
explanation 25 15.8800 2.94845 .58969 14.6629 17.0971 10.00 20.00
Total 100 15.8400 3.31729 .33173 15.1818 16.4982 10.00 24.00
Table-2. One-Way ANOVA of the Pre-Test Scores among Four Groups
Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.
Between Groups .400 3 .133 .012 .998
Within Groups 1089.040 96 11.344
Total 1089.440 99
The results presented in Table 1 indicated that the mean scores among the four groups are approximately at the
same level. As well, according to the results of the ANOVA in Table 2, there is no significant difference among the
four groups in terms of their proficiency level in grammatical knowledge in pre-test.
To assess the efficiency of each type of corrective feedback strategy and to answer the aforementioned research
questions, the post-test scores were submitted to one –way ANOVA analysis. Tables 3 and 4 demonstrate the results.
Table-3. Descriptive Statistics of the Scores of Post-Test among Four Groups
As it is demonstrated in table 3, there is considerable difference between the mean scores of the post-test and the
scores of the pre-test. Additionally, the difference among the post-scores of the groups is significant. The
participants in the explanation group outperformed the other participants. As well, those who received error code as
N Mean
Std.
Deviation Std. Error
95% Confidence Interval for
Mean
Minimum MaximumLower Bound Upper Bound
control 25 16.1600 3.54354 .70871 14.6973 17.6227 11.00 23.00
recast 25 17.3200 2.79464 .55893 16.1664 18.4736 13.00 25.00
error code 25 18.3200 2.89713 .57943 17.1241 19.5159 13.00 24.00
explanation 25 18.6400 2.92803 .58561 17.4314 19.8486 13.00 23.00
Total 100 17.6100 3.16194 .31619 16.9826 18.2374 11.00 25.00
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corrective feedback strategy performed better than that in recast and in the control groups. Finally, participants in the
recast group were superior to the control group. (Explanation=18.64> Error code=18.32> Recast=17.32>
Control=16.16). In order to find out whether the difference among the scores of the groups is significant, a one-way
ANOVA was run. The results are presented in Table 4.
Table-4. One-Way ANOVA of the Post-Test Scores among Four Groups
Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.
Between Groups 99.710 3 33.237 3.481 .019
Within Groups 916.480 96 9.547
Total 1016.190 99
Concerning the different types of corrective feedback strategies, as it is demonstrated in Table 4, it can be
concluded that the difference between the performances of the participants in control group and those who were in
three experimental groups including recast, error code, and explanation , F(3.481), p=.01<.05. It means that using
corrective feedback strategies had a positive effect on improving participants’ grammatical accuracy. So as to
distinguish where the difference lies, a Post hoc data analysis was run on the post-test scores. The results are
presented in Table 5.
Table-5. Post-hoc Analysis Mean Differences among Four Groups
(I) groups (J) groups
Mean
Difference (I-J) Std. Error Sig.
95% Confidence Interval
Lower Bound Upper Bound
control recast -1.24000 .87392 .159 -2.9747 .4947
error code -2.24000*
.87392 .012 -3.9747 -.5053
explanation -2.56000*
.87392 .004 -4.2947 -.8253
recast control 1.24000 .87392 .159 -.4947 2.9747
error code -1.00000 .87392 .255 -2.7347 .7347
explanation -1.32000 .87392 .134 -3.0547 .4147
error code control 2.24000*
.87392 .012 .5053 3.9747
recast 1.00000 .87392 .255 -.7347 2.7347
explanation -.32000 .87392 .715 -2.0547 1.4147
explanation control 2.56000*
.87392 .004 .8253 4.2947
recast 1.32000 .87392 .134 -.4147 3.0547
error code .32000 .87392 .715 -1.4147 2.0547
*. The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level.
According to the outcomes of Table 5, the mean score of the control group had significant difference with the
mean scores of the error code group and the explanation group. However, the difference between the mean score of
the control group and the recast group is not significant. Of course, as it is clear, the mean score of the control group
is lower than those in three experimental groups. Consequently, it can be claimed that these corrective feedback
strategies (recast, error code, and explanation) had an impact on grammatical accuracy. Yet the difference between
the performances of the three experimental groups on the post-test did not reach significance level.
In sum, in comparison with the control group, all aforementioned corrective feedback strategies were influential
in learning grammatical structures. Since, the P value in all of them was statistically significant. However, among
those feedback strategies, using explanation, as a kind of explicit metalinguistic feedback, was more effective than
the others. Given that, according to the comparison of the mean scores of the groups in both pre-test and post-test,
the divergence between the performance of the subjects whom explanation corrective feedback was assigned, in both
pre and post-tests, was superior than the participants in other groups. In contrast, participants who received recast as
a kind of implicit corrective feedback strategy achieved higher scores than the control group, but lower scores than
those in other experimental groups who received explicit metalinguistic corrective feedback strategies. Therefore, it
confirmed the success of metalinguistic feedback strategies usage in general, and explanation in particular, than
implicit feedback strategy, recast.
5. Discussion
The main objective of the present study was two folds: first it was designed to compare the effective of
metalinguistic explicit corrective feedback strategies (error code and explanation) and implicit corrective strategies
(recast), then to confirm the usefulness of each of these types of corrective feedback strategies (recast, error code,
and explanation) on EFL learners’ grammatical accuracy in an Iranian context. The outcomes of the present study
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confirmed the efficacy of explicit feedback strategies than that of implicit and suggested that learners who used
explanation as an explicit corrective feedback strategy achieved higher scores than those who used recast and error
code feedback strategies.
It is possible that explicit feedback is more likely to be seen as corrective as implicit feedback. In both implicit
and explicit feedback, the teacher’s correction overlaps with the learner’s preceding move. However, metalinguistic
feedback needs around six words as opposed to one word needed with recasts. This possibly makes metalinguisitic
feedback more apparent as overtly corrective, perhaps making it more likely that the learner will successfully repair
the error following the feedback move (Ellis, 2008).
Varnosfadrani and Basturkmen (2008) believe implicit corrections may be more meaning-based than explicit
corrections. The learners may not interpret the implicit feedback as providing error correction. Instead, they might
perceive it as the researcher continuing the flow of communication. They say explicit correction may possibly better
help with target grammar features because the information in the feedback helps the learners confirm rules in their
developing L2 grammars. Implicit correction may not be as effective as explicit correction because it may not
provide the learners with enough information. This could imply that implicit correction may be less effective in
allowing learners to understand what is wrong with their incorrect utterance.
The result of the present study is in line with the study carried out by Fawbush (2010). In the study, he focused
on whether his middle school ESL students benefit more from implicit or explicit corrective feedback. He made use
of metalinguistic information for explicit feedback and recast for implicit corrective feedback. The results point to a
slight advantage for metalinguistic feedback.
Another study done by Carroll (2001) tested forming nouns to verbs with 100 adult low-intermediate ESL
learners in 2001. The participants were tested with conversations in sentence format. The results of the study
concluded that all types of feedback helped students learn the targeted items, but few differences existed between the
effectiveness of implicit versus explicit corrective feedback.
Another study conducted in 2003 by Sanz (2003) studied 28 first-year university learners of Spanish studying
pronouns between the object and verb and placed them into two groups. Group one received metalinguistic feedback
and group two received implicit feedback. Sentence completion and written video retelling found that both groups
considerably increased ability to supply the target structure with no difference between the groups.
Finally, two studies were conducted in 2004, one by Lyster (2004) and one by Rosa and Leow; each used
corrective feedback with participants and divided them into three groups. Explicit feedback outperformed recasts and
the control group.
However, recast studies show implicit feedback is effective in terms of L2 acquisition (Ellis et al., 2006). Of the
previous studies, Leeman (2003) found recasts to be the more effective type of corrective feedback.
6. Conclusion
Concerning the effects and the quality of teacher corrective feedback including their legibility and their
attendance by the students, this study was set out to implement a process-oriented approach to grammatical accuracy
and to provide the explicit metalinguistic and implicit teacher corrective feedback strategies, first to compare the
overall effects of explicit and implicit feedbacks and secondly, to see which form of corrective feedbacks (recast,
error code, and explanation) result in more grammatical accuracy progress. The results revealed that explicit
metalinguistic corrective feedback strategies can have a positive role in improving grammatical accuracy, while
recast as an implicit corrective feedback strategy was less influential than explicit ones. As well, of the two
metalinguistic modes, the explanation one lead to more significant improvement compared to the error code one,
suggesting that Iranian EFL students benefit more from more direct and detailed forms of feedback rather that more
indirect and brief ones. This study shed more light on the effectiveness of metalinguistic feedback as a meaningful
form of input which encourages students to analyze and modify their output (self-repair). The findings of this study
can help instructors to provide their students with the most useful type of feedback to ensure their improvement in
grammatical accuracy. Moreover, these findings may lead to the increase in learner’s self-awareness of their own
improvement in grammatical knowledge. In other words, provision of metalinguistic feedback led to a significantly
fewer errors in grammar and helped learners to become aware of their own errors and monitor their own learning,
become more independent learners, and develop accuracy. Therefore, teachers are recommended to find the most
effective corrective feedback that students need in order to learn a foreign language.
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