Most Omani EFL students report receiving and preferring direct written corrective feedback over indirect¶

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q1 i? 48% of students reported usually receiving direct WCF, and 68% reported finding direct WCF effective for them, while only 28% found indirect WCF effective. → Ahmed Ali Saleh Al Ajmi 2015

Evidence¶

Ahmed Ali Saleh Al Ajmi 2015¶

Ahmed Ali Saleh Al Ajmi. (2015). The Effect of Written Corrective Feedback on Omani Students’ Accuracy in the Use of English Prepositions. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.6n.1p.61

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Open-ended questionnaire administered to all 25 experimental-group students after the delayed post-test, analysed thematically. The article also reports 48% usually receive direct WCF and "only 24% of the students reported that they only receive indirect WCF".

"Regarding the students’ views about which type of WCF is effective for them, 68% of the respondents reported that they find direct WCF effective for them."

Discussion¶

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