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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
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The Culture of Feedback on Second-Language Writing in a Higher Education Institute
Al Harrasi, Kothar Talib Sulaiman
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, v47 n3 p360-374 2022
This study explores the culture of feedback, i.e. the beliefs, behaviours and other characteristics that are common to the members of a particular group or society, in a higher education institution in Oman. It examines how feedback on second-language writing is interpreted, enacted and developed by learners and teachers, and investigates the influence of a particular social context on the practices of feedback. Using semi-structured interviews, class observations and analysis of students' writing and college documents, the study explores the participants' feedback beliefs and practices in an academic writing course. The results showed that feedback practices were shaped by a multitude of contextual influences, including course objectives, assessment and the practices and understanding of individual teachers and learners. These findings suggest that feedback practices do not occur in isolation. Rather, they are likely to be negotiated between teachers and learners and so are relatively situationally specific.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Beliefs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Writing Evaluation, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, College Students, College Faculty, Course Objectives, Evaluation Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Oman
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