NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Fu, Mengxia; Li, Shaofeng – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This article reports on a study exploring the differential effects of immediate and delayed corrective feedback (CF) on the acquisition of the English past tense. One hundred and forty-five seventh-grade EFL learners were assigned to four groups: Immediate CF, Delayed CF, Task Only, and Control. Each experimental group performed six focused…
Descriptors: Error Correction, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Saito, Kazuya; Wu, Xianghua – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2014
The current study examined how form-focused instruction (FFI) with and without corrective feedback (CF) as output enhancement facilitated second language (L2) perception of Mandarin tones at both the phonetic and phonological levels by 41 Cantonese learners of Mandarin. Two experimental groups, FFI only and FFI-CF, received a 90-min FFI treatment…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Sino Tibetan Languages, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lyster, Roy; Saito, Kazuya – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2010
To investigate the pedagogical effectiveness of oral corrective feedback (CF) on target language development, we conducted a meta-analysis that focused exclusively on 15 classroom-based studies (N = 827). The analysis was designed to investigate whether CF was effective in classroom settings and, if so, whether its effectiveness varied according…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Feedback (Response), Age Differences, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ferris, Dana R. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2010
For more than a decade now, a great deal of research has been done on the topic of written corrective feedback (CF) in SLA and second language (L2) writing. Nonetheless, what those research efforts really have shown as well as the possible implications for practice remain in dispute. Although L2 writing and SLA researchers often examine similar…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Research, Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Storch, Neomy; Wigglesworth, Gillian – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2010
The literature on corrective feedback (CF) that second language writers receive in response to their grammatical and lexical errors is plagued by controversies and conflicting findings about the merits of feedback. Although more recent studies suggest that CF is valuable (e.g., Bitchener, 2008; Sheen, 2007), it is still not clear whether direct or…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Instructional Effectiveness, Second Language Learning, Error Correction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sheen, Younghee – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2010
This article examines whether there is any difference between the effect of oral and written corrective feedback (CF) on learners' accurate use of English articles. To this end, the current research presents the results of a quasi-experimental study with a pretest, immediate-posttest, delayed-posttest design, using 12 intact intermediate…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Metalinguistics