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This exploratory practice research is a collaborative effort by five university ESL instructors to investigate how students in their program's advanced writing course view, respond to, and make meaning of the feedback they receive.... more
This exploratory practice research is a collaborative effort by five university ESL instructors to investigate how students in their program's advanced writing course view, respond to, and make meaning of the feedback they receive. Through semistructured interviews with focus groups, this research aims to provide students with a forum to express their perceptions, opinions, and insights. The teacher-researchers found that participants' relationship with feedback consisted of a set of interactions with the comments and text on the writing assignment itself, with classmates during peer review, and with the instructor during personal communication. Through examining these interactions, the teacher-researchers found that student views of feedback were often driven by an emotional response that was heavily influenced by grades and the teacher's written comments. Students had mixed, and often negative, reactions to receiving feedback from peers, but they spoke positively of their one-on-one interactions with their instructors. In response to their findings, the teacher-researchers reflect on their own practice and pose questions to the field at large. They conclude by urging other teachers and administrators to create more space for students to voice their views and insights.
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This presentation reports the findings of a focus group study in which EAP students provided their views of teacher written feedback. These findings include students’ definitions, uses, and affective responses to feedback. Analysis of the... more
This presentation reports the findings of a focus group study in which EAP students provided their views of teacher written feedback. These findings include students’ definitions, uses, and affective responses to feedback. Analysis of the student responses and implications for written feedback practice will be discussed.
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This presentation reports the findings of a focus group study in which EAP students provided their views of teacher written feedback. These findings include students’ definitions, uses, and affective responses to feedback. Analysis of... more
This presentation reports the findings of a focus group study in which EAP students provided their views of teacher written feedback. These findings include students’ definitions, uses, and affective responses to feedback. Analysis of the student responses and implications for written feedback practice will be discussed.
In an effort to be polite and kind, instructors may mitigate written feedback on ESOL writing, often confusing students. The presenter demonstrates a new framework for providing feedback that is both clear and kind, developed through... more
In an effort to be polite and kind, instructors may mitigate written feedback on ESOL writing, often confusing students. The presenter demonstrates a new framework for providing feedback that is both clear and kind, developed through original research that applies politeness theory to written feedback.