The Effect of Asynchronous versus Conventional Corrective Feedback on the Correct Use of Prepositions in an EFL Context
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Sara Ghazi
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Dr. Mostafa Zamanian
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- Keywords:
- Asynchronous corrective feedback, Conventional corrective feedback, Prepositions.
- Abstract
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Providing feedback on students' errors by means of computers and especially through
the Internet has drawn a lot of attention in recent years. Therefore, the present study was an
attempt to investigate the effects of asynchronous computer-mediated versus conventional
corrective feedback on the accuracy of using prepositions in the writings of 54 pre-intermediate
students. Three groups of learners took part in the study: asynchronous feedback group,
conventional feedback group, and a control group. Asynchronous feedback group students
received explicit feedback on the targeted structure via e-mail, while conventional feedback
group received explicit feedback on the targeted structure in printed copies, using red pen.
Students of the control group received no feedback. Results indicated that asynchronous
feedback group outperformed those of conventional and the control groups, and the post-test
scores of the control and the conventional feedback groups were not significantly different. - Downloads
- Published
- 2016-04-01
- Issue
- Vol. 5 No. 2 (2016)
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- Articles