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10 - Written Corrective Feedback

from Part III - Different Delivery Modes of Corrective Feedback

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2021

By
John Bitchener
Edited by
Hossein Nassaji  and
Eva Kartchava
Hossein Nassaji
Affiliation:
University of Victoria, British Columbia
Eva Kartchava
Affiliation:
Carleton University, Ottawa
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Summary

Feedback delivery in the form of written corrective feedback on linguistic errors in L2 learners’ written texts has been central to much of the L2 writing and second language acquisition literature since the 1970s. This chapter surveys the various feedback options together with explanations of their typical pedagogical purposes and what we know from the research literature and recent theoretical proposals about the ways in which the feedback options may facilitate or impede the L2 learning process. The chapter closes with a range of recommended pedagogical options based on the available literature.

Keywords

Written feedbackcorrective feedback optionsfeedback for language learning
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The Cambridge Handbook of Corrective Feedback in Second Language Learning and Teaching , pp. 207 - 225
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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