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Tajabadi, Azar; Ahmadian, Moussa; Dowlatabadi, Hamidreza; Yazdani, Hooshang – Language Teaching Research, 2023
Inspired by Vygotsky's sociocultural theory and Storch's framework of peer interaction, this study investigated the nature and outcome of peer interaction in EFL (English as a foreign language) learners' peer review and revision activities. During two 16-week semesters, 32 lower-intermediate learners participated in an Advanced Writing university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Pourdana, Natasha; Nour, Payam; Yousefi, Fariba – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2021
Among a growing body of research that examined the contradictory role of written corrective feedback (WCF) in development of L2 writing accuracy, this study investigated the possible impact of focused metalinguistic WCF on discourse markers (DMs) in writing performance of an intact group of 42 Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners…
Descriptors: Written Language, Feedback (Response), Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Banaruee, Hassan; Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Ruegg, Rachael – Cogent Education, 2018
There might always be errors during the learning process which need correction; accordingly, providing corrective feedback is critical. However, the various types of feedback applied during classes affect the learning and teaching process. Teaching and learning could be applied within EFL classes by providing learners with recasts. Recasts have…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), English (Second Language), English Language Learners, High School Students
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Rostamian, Morteza; Fazilatfar, Ali Mohammad; Jabbari, Ali Akbar – Language Teaching Research, 2018
This article reports on a study in which stimulated recall data and quantitative measures of complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF) were used to address three interconnected questions in different planning conditions: (1) how learners share their limited attentional capacity with different cognitive processes of 'planner/proposer', 'translator'…
Descriptors: Time Management, Cognitive Processes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Khanlarzadeh, Mobin; Nemati, Majid – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2016
The effectiveness of written corrective feedback (WCF) in the improvement of language learners' grammatical accuracy has been a topic of interest in SLA studies for the past couple of decades. The present study reports the findings of a three-month study investigating the effect of direct unfocused WCF on the grammatical accuracy of elementary…
Descriptors: Grammar, Control Groups, Pretests Posttests, Experimental Groups
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Farshi, Sina Soltanabadi; Safa, Saeedeh Khalili – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of two types of corrective feedback on EFL learners' writing skill. Thirty five advanced learners in three groups participated in this study. Structures of written texts were taught in all three classes during fourteen sessions of treatment; and each session, a related topic was given and the…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Control Groups, Comparative Analysis
Salmani-Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali – Online Submission, 2007
In a study conducted to see which method of error treatment was more effective in EFL writing classes, 288 Iranian EFL learners took the TOEFL test to be grouped in two homogeneous classes. Each student in each group wrote a paragraph on a general topic which was proofread for mistakes/errors by three experienced EFL writing teachers (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Remedial Instruction, English (Second Language), Error Correction
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Salmani-Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali – Journal of Educational Technology, 2007
In a study conducted to see which method of error treatment was more effective in EFL writing classes, 288 Iranian EFL learners took the TOEFL test to be grouped in two homogeneous classes. Each student in each group wrote a paragraph on a general topic which was proofread for mistakes/errors by three experienced EFL writing teachers (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Assignments, Remedial Instruction, English (Second Language)