ERIC Number: EJ1487203
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-1481-868X
EISSN: EISSN-1920-1818
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Written Corrective Feedback at University: Detection of Errors by Teachers and Impact of Different Forms of Feedback
Marilisa Birello; Llorenç Comajoan-Colomé; Tania Salguero; Natxo Sorolla
Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, v28 n1 p43-66 2025
This study explores the written corrective feedback provided by two university teachers in the academic texts written by their students. Specifically, it focuses on the relationship established between the linguistic and discursive errors identified by the teachers, the forms of feedback provided (direct, indirect, metalinguistic and metadiscursive) and the impact of feedback on a second version of the texts revised by the students. A total of 142 texts (two versions of 71 texts) submitted by two groups of students taking a primary education degree at two Spanish universities (71 students) were analyzed. These were coded according to the errors detected, the form of feedback provided, and the way in which they incorporated the feedback into a second version. The results show that the errors detected in the highest numbers by the teachers were discursive, followed by morpho-syntactic and spelling mistakes. The most common feedback was indirect, followed by metalinguistic, although the two teachers were found to take distinct approaches. Regarding its impact, the students incorporated a high percentage (80%) of the feedback provided.
Descriptors: Written Language, Feedback (Response), Error Patterns, College Students, Foreign Countries, Revision (Written Composition), Morphology (Languages), Spelling, Metalinguistics
Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics / Association Canadienne de Linguistique Appliquée. Departement de langues, linguistique et traduction, Pavillon de Koninck, Universite Laval, Quebec, QC G1K 7P4, Canada. Web site: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/CJAL
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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