English Language & Literature Teaching (영어어문교육)
- Volume 15 Issue 3
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- Pages.83-104
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- 2009
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- 1226-2889(pISSN)
The Combined Effects of Metalinguistic Explanation and Self-Correction on Improving EFL Writing Accuracy
- Kim, Bu-Ja (Seoul Christian University)
- Received : 20090700
- Accepted : 20090900
- Published : 2009.09.30
Abstract
This study examined whether self-correction or metalinguistic explanation might make a difference in the ability to accurately write two English grammatical structures when learners received indirect teacher feedback in the form of underlining target errors in a Korean EFL college classroom. With the goal of helping low-proficiency students improve their ability to accurately write sentences including nonfinite present participial relative clauses and present participial constructions, four groups were formed: a group which received indirect feedback, a group which received indirect feedback and metalinguistic explanation, a group which received indirect feedback and self-corrected errors, and a group which received indirect feedback and self-corrected errors after receiving metalinguistic explanation. The results showed that the effects of either metalinguistic explanation or self-correction integrated with indirect feedback on learners' ability to accurately write the target structures were not meaningful, while the combined effects of metalinguistic explanation and self-correction were statistically significant.