Lower six students` preferred mode of feedback for essay revision

ESL students value feedback to their essay drafts. Through feedback and by doing multiple revisions, they learn to develop and express complex ideas clearly and effectively. Accordingly, feedback is seen as a way to improve the communicative effectiveness of a given written piece by correcting and g...

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Main Authors: Govindasamy, Potchelvi N., Tan, Bee Hoon, Yong, Mei Fung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian English Language Teaching Association 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27996/1/Lower%20six%20students.pdf
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author Govindasamy, Potchelvi N.
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description ESL students value feedback to their essay drafts. Through feedback and by doing multiple revisions, they learn to develop and express complex ideas clearly and effectively. Accordingly, feedback is seen as a way to improve the communicative effectiveness of a given written piece by correcting and guiding students so that their ideas are effectively communicated to the reader.This study determined the students’ preference towards feedback type during essay revision. The quasi-experimental study used the counter-balanced research design.For comparison,the students in this study were exposed to two different treatments, teacher-written feedback and online-automated feedback for twelve weeks.The results revealed that the students preferred teacher-written feedback to online -automated feedback although both the experimental groups showed improvement in their essay writing based on both modes of feedback.
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spelling upm.eprints-279962016-06-30T05:40:35Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27996/ Lower six students` preferred mode of feedback for essay revision Govindasamy, Potchelvi N. Tan, Bee Hoon Yong, Mei Fung ESL students value feedback to their essay drafts. Through feedback and by doing multiple revisions, they learn to develop and express complex ideas clearly and effectively. Accordingly, feedback is seen as a way to improve the communicative effectiveness of a given written piece by correcting and guiding students so that their ideas are effectively communicated to the reader.This study determined the students’ preference towards feedback type during essay revision. The quasi-experimental study used the counter-balanced research design.For comparison,the students in this study were exposed to two different treatments, teacher-written feedback and online-automated feedback for twelve weeks.The results revealed that the students preferred teacher-written feedback to online -automated feedback although both the experimental groups showed improvement in their essay writing based on both modes of feedback. Malaysian English Language Teaching Association 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27996/1/Lower%20six%20students.pdf Govindasamy, Potchelvi N. and Tan, Bee Hoon and Yong, Mei Fung (2013) Lower six students` preferred mode of feedback for essay revision. Malaysian Journal of ELT Research, 9 (2). pp. 82-104. ISSN 1511-8002
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