Most students judge written corrective feedback alone insufficient and want accompanying metalinguistic explanation¶

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q1 i? 80% of respondents reported that WCF alone is not enough, emphasizing the importance of further explanations and discussion of their mistakes. → 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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Thematic analysis of the open-ended questionnaire. Students asked for rule explanations; 12% said sufficiency depends on student level and preposition difficulty, and only two students (12%) said WCF alone is enough.

"Regarding whether WCF alone is adequate to help students learn from their misuse of English prepositions, 80% of the respondents reported that WCF alone is not enough."

Discussion¶

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