The effect of coded and non-coded corrective feedback on developing accuracy of Iranian EFL students’ written performance

Writing is one of four language skills which expresses who we are, even after our life time. It makes our knowledge, our personal aspirations and our work for the future visible to others. The ability to write correctly is precious; however, we may be unaware of unwanted errors we make. EFL learners have difficulty in writing accurately. The corrective feedback which has different types is one of the methods for correcting errors in writing and increases accuracy. It gives you an objective evaluation of your work since often difficult for us to fairly assess our own writing. The present study surveys the effect of coded and non-coded corrective feedback on developing accuracy of Iranian EFL students’ written performance. A ۱۲-week treatment was given to ۴۰ homogenous students who were studying English as a second language at Kish English Institute – Central Tehran branch divided into ۲ groups aged from ۱۸ – ۲۵. The first experimental group received CCF and the second experimental group got NCCF in their writing tasks. The study concluded that there was a moderate effect of corrective feedback groups (coded & non-coded) on the post-test writing accuracy scores based on Cohen’s (۱۹۸۸) guideline. It showed that NCCF group outperformed the CCF, so teachers can use NCCF for better results. Teachers should incentivize students by showing them benefits of corrective feedback. Researches in the field of corrective feedback have different results still; therefore, doing as many researches as possible is the only way to cope with this situation

کلیدواژه ها:

accuracy ، coded and non-coded corrective feedback ، EFL ، written performance