Feedback practices for students’ speaking activities in an online environment are very different from those on-site. This study investigated online feedback practices for speaking skills in a Sino-...
Background On 20 March 2020, in response to COVID-19, UK schools were closed to most pupils. Teachers were required to put remote teaching and learning in place with only two days' notice from the government. Aims The current study explores teachers' experiences of this abrupt change to their working practices, and during the 5-6 weeks that followed. Sample Twenty-four teachers from English state schools were interviewed, representing mainstream primary and secondary schools and a range of years...
Abstract In an effort to expand understanding of the impact of technology choices in giving feedback, this exploratory study investigates the efficacy of screencast and text feedback given to 12 students over four assignments in an intermediate ESL writing course. Employing a series of six surveys in conjunction with screencast observations, draft comparisons, and a small group interview, it provides insight into student perceptions and use of technology-mediated screencast and text feedback. Re...
AbstractThe increasing prominence of technology has given rise to new ways for writing teachers to give feedback electronically. Specifically, this article focuses on electronic written feedback (e...
Abstract Background Feedback is an integral part of teaching and learning with written comments being one of the most widely used methods of providing student feedback. From the student perspective, written feedback has been seen as limited in terms of its quality, vague nature and lack of clear examples with feed-forward. Alternative feedback modes (including audio, video, podcasts, and screencast feedback) have been suggested as a means of enhancing feedback. Objective The purpose of this qual...
#1Estela Ene(IUPUI: Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis)H-Index: 5
#2Thomas A. Upton(IUPUI: Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis)H-Index: 15
Abstract We know little about how teacher feedback and student revisions are influenced when feedback is given electronically. This study contributes to a better understanding of teacher electronic feedback (TEF) in second language writing by investigating its effectiveness in face-to-face and online ESL writing classes in which TEF was offered asynchronously, as Word comments and track changes in electronic drafts, as well as in synchronous text chats between teachers and students. TEF was extr...
Last. Timothy Teo(UM: University of Macau)H-Index: 57
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Abstract This article reviews research on oral feedback in the field of second language (L2) education to identify three main factors that play a part in teachers' giving and students’ responding to oral feedback. Theoretical perspectives supporting oral feedback are first presented to broadly define oral feedback, conceptualising it as an instructional input, a dialogic process and an internal process. Empirical studies are then reviewed, revealing that most focus on linguistic factors in terms...
This case study investigated the characteristics of computer-mediated synchronous corrective feedback (SCF, provided while students wrote) and asynchronous corrective feedback (ACF, provided after students had finished writing) in an EFL writing task. The task, designed to elicit the use of the hypothetical conditional, was completed by two Japanese university students in either the SCF or ACF condition. The writing process was video-recorded using the screen-capture function. An interview invol...
#1Paul E. King(TCU: Texas Christian University)H-Index: 11
This study reviews the important role of feedback in instructional communication Feedback Intervention Theory (FIT). FIT proposes that feedback efficacy is related to three primary constructs: message cues (locus of attention), personality traits, and the nature of the task to be learned. In an experimental design, the effect of grading, along with assessment of personality differences in feedback attributional sensitivity and perceptions of feedback utility are examined for their impact on feed...