The Effects of Written Corrective Feedback on Korean EFL Learners’ Article Accuracy

• 발행기관: 한국영어어문교육학회
• 저자명: 박수정(Sujung Park)
• 간행물 정보: 『영어어문교육』영어어문교육 제21권 제2호, 65~82쪽, 전체 18쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2015.06.30

영문 초록

One of the most controversial issues in second language (L2) research is whether written corrective feedback (WCF) can benefit L2 learners’ grammatical accuracy in their writing. While exploring various types of WCF, many of previous studies have investigated the rule-governed functions of the indefinite and definite English articles. However, considering that the indefinite articles were shown to be acquired later than the definite articles, there is a need for future research to separate the two functions. Thus, this study explored direct, metalinguistic WCF on both the combined and separated uses of the two English articles. Two groups of Korean learners from an online English composition class participated (N=50) with one group receiving direct, metalinguistic WCF and the other with no such feedback. Both groups completed three picture-based written tasks where their first compositions were used as pretests (after which WCF was provided in the case of the feedback group) and the final ones used as post-tests. The results indicated that although there was no significant effect of direct, metalinguistic WCF, both groups significantly improved in their use of the definite articles over time. Possible explanations are discussed along with limitations of the study and future research directions in this area.

목차

I. INTRODUCTION

II. EMPIRICAL FINDINGS OF PREVIOUS L2 STUDIES ON WCF

III. METHOD

IV. RESULTS

V. DISCUSSION

VI. LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH

키워드

written corrective feedback direct metalinguistic feedback English articles