The comparative effectiveness of focused and comprehensive written corrective feedback on writing accuracy: a mixed-methods perspective
While research has extensively looked into the impact of written corrective feedback (WCF) on EFL/SL learners' writing accuracy, research exploring the comparative effectiveness of focused and comprehensive WCF in enhancing learners' writing accuracy is notably scant....
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my.iium.irep.1134442024-07-29T01:17:45Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/113444/ The comparative effectiveness of focused and comprehensive written corrective feedback on writing accuracy: a mixed-methods perspective Khattak, Arshad Iqbal Saad, Mohammad Azannee L Education (General) While research has extensively looked into the impact of written corrective feedback (WCF) on EFL/SL learners' writing accuracy, research exploring the comparative effectiveness of focused and comprehensive WCF in enhancing learners' writing accuracy is notably scant. Assessing the comparative efficaciousness of feedback focus is highly important for facilitating error correction for teachers and making it more feasible for learners. This mixed-methods study explored the efficacy of those two methods of WCF on Saudi EFL learners' writing accuracy in their essays. Essays were collected from 18 Foundation Year Health Sciences learners at a B1 proficiency level at the English Language Institute of a public university in Saudi Arabia. A pre-test, post-test, and delayed post-test design employing a repeated-measures MANOVA was used to gauge the impact of the two feedback methods of WCF on learners’ writing accuracy. Additionally, the research investigated learners' beliefs about WCF and their priorities regarding the scope of WCF. Results showed that although focused WCF resulted in lower error means across specific categories and total errors, it did not exhibit significantly higher effectiveness compared to comprehensive WCF. Moreover, the learners unequivocally preferred comprehensive WCF over focused WCF. These findings suggest that the two types of feedback need not be seen as mutually exclusive in terms of their effectiveness. Instead, their efficacy may depend on learner proficiency, error type, and the learners' writing draft in question. Considering these contextual factors, educators can adopt an unbiased, ingenious approach to vary their feedback focus and maximize student learning. Moreover, this study contributes uniquely to research methodology within the feedback domain by combining quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the construct. IIUM Press 2024-07-26 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/113444/2/113444_The%20comparative%20effectiveness%20of%20focused.pdf Khattak, Arshad Iqbal and Saad, Mohammad Azannee (2024) The comparative effectiveness of focused and comprehensive written corrective feedback on writing accuracy: a mixed-methods perspective. IIUM Journal of Educational Studies, 12 (2). pp. 33-52. ISSN 2289-8085 https://journals.iium.edu.my/ijes/index.php/iejs/article/view/519 https://doi.org/10.31436/ijes.v12i2.519 |
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While research has extensively looked into the impact of written corrective feedback (WCF) on EFL/SL learners' writing accuracy, research exploring the comparative effectiveness of focused and comprehensive WCF in enhancing learners' writing accuracy is notably scant. Assessing the comparative efficaciousness of feedback focus is highly important for facilitating error correction for teachers and making it more feasible for learners. This mixed-methods study explored the efficacy of those two methods of WCF on Saudi EFL learners' writing accuracy in their essays. Essays were collected from 18 Foundation Year Health Sciences learners at a B1 proficiency level at the English Language Institute of a public university in Saudi Arabia. A pre-test, post-test, and delayed post-test design employing a repeated-measures MANOVA was used to gauge the impact of the two feedback methods of WCF on learners’ writing accuracy. Additionally, the research investigated learners' beliefs about WCF and their priorities regarding the scope of WCF. Results showed that although focused WCF resulted in lower error means across specific categories and total errors, it did not exhibit significantly higher effectiveness compared to comprehensive WCF. Moreover, the learners unequivocally preferred comprehensive WCF over focused WCF. These findings suggest that the two types of feedback need not be seen as mutually exclusive in terms of their effectiveness. Instead, their efficacy may depend on learner proficiency, error type, and the learners' writing draft in question. Considering these contextual factors, educators can adopt an unbiased, ingenious approach to vary their feedback focus and maximize student learning. Moreover, this study contributes uniquely to research methodology within the feedback domain by combining quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the construct. |
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