TEACHERS’ CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK ON STUDENTS’ L2 WRITING: STATE OF THE ART

Ani Susanti

Abstract


Teachers’ corrective feedback has been largely practiced in L2 writing programs and still extensively researched especially in the last decade. In the literature about ESL and EFL writing pedagogy, it is not only the typology but also the effectiveness as well as the relationship to others have been discussed. This paper synthesizes the current progress in the field to draw what has been done by the researchers in the area particularly in both ESL and EFL setting. As many as sixty-six studies mostly published in reputable journals from 2008 to 2018 are synthesized; and the result is categorized into five themes that include: first, the effectiveness of teachers’ corrective feedback on L2 writing accuracy; second, the stance of teachers’ corrective feedback comparing to peer feedback and computer-generated feedback; third, teachers’ perceptions and practices, fourth, students’ response and engagements; and finally experts’ recommendation for further studies and for synergizing research findings and practices.

لقد تم استخدام التغذية الراجعة للمدرسين بشكل كبير في برامج كتابة المستوى الثاني، ولا تزال تبحث على نطاق واسع خاصة في العقد الأخير. في الأدب حول تدريس اللغة الإنجليزية كلغة أجنبية (ESL) وعلم اللغة الإنجليزية (EFL)، لا يقتصر الأمر على التصنيف فحسب ، بل تمت أيضاً مناقشة الفعالية بالإضافة إلى العلاقة مع الآخرين. هذه الورقة تجمع التقدم الحالي في المجال لرسم ما قام به الباحثون في المنطقة خاصة في كل من ESL و EFL. يتم تجميع ما يصل إلى ستة وستين دراسة يتم نشرها في الغالب في المجلات ذات السمعة الجيدة من عام 2008 إلى عام 2018؛ ويتم تصنيف النتيجة في خمسة محاور تتضمن: أولاً، مدى فاعلية ملاحظات المدرسين التصحيحية على دقة الكتابة في المستوى الثاني؛ ثانياً، موقف المدرسين التصحيحي التصحيحي مقارنةً بملاحظات الزملاء والمعلومات المرتجعة بالحاسوب؛ ثالثا، تصورات وممارسات المدرسين، رابعاً، استجابة الطلاب ومشاركاتهم؛ وأخيرًا توصية الخبراء بإجراء المزيد من الدراسات وتوحيد نتائج البحوث والممارسات.


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Teachers’ Corrective Feedback, EFL/ESL/L2 Writing, Written Corrective Feedback

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