The Effectiveness and Issues of Using Feedback in Second Language Writing

Authors

  • Yichen Wang Xi’an Medical University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/ret.v4i4.3682

Abstract

Based on the description of feedback in the literature and the classification of feedback by different scholars, this paper discusses the efficiency and possible issues of the teachers’ use of different feedback in the teaching of second language writing. Through interviews with experienced English majors, this paper further demonstrates the importance of teachers' use of feedback in second language writing teaching. At the end of the paper, the author also shows that the combination of different feedback according to specific situations in teaching can better promote the writing proficiency of second language learners.

Keywords:

Feedback; Second language writing; English teaching

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Vol. 4 , Iss. 4 (November 2021)

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