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- Title
Feedback in EFL Writing at Tertiary Level: Teachers' and Learners' Perceptions.
- Authors
Md. Moniruz Zaman; Azad, Md. Abul Kalam
- Abstract
Feedback is seen as an essential aspect of second language writing pedagogy. Teachers spend a lot of time in correcting and commenting on students' writings. Learners also expect feedback on their writings in order to know their strengths and weaknesses. Despite its central role in second language writing, research on feedback has produced conflicting results. The present study through a survey explores Bangladeshi EFL university teachers' and learners' perceptions of the issue of feedback. The results of the survey indicate that both the teachers and learners have very positive attitude towards corrective feedback and they pay considerable attention on feedback on form. Regarding the strategy for providing feedback, both the teachers and learners prefer direct feedback to indirect feedback and learners prefer teacher feedback to peer feedback. Some obstacles such as large class size, teachers' heavy workload, learners' lack of motivation also came up in the study, which pose challenge to teachers in providing effective feedback to student writers.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGICAL feedback; SECOND language acquisition; ENGLISH as a foreign language; ACADEMIC motivation; POSTSECONDARY education; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges
- Publication
ASA University Review, 2012, Vol 6, Issue 1, p139
- ISSN
1997-6925
- Publication type
Article