The Effect of Direct and Indirect Corrective Feedback on EFL Writing Accuracy A Review of Thirty Research Articles (2001-2014)

Error correction is perhaps the most widely used technique for responding to students’ writing. SinceTruscott published his 1996 article, the case against grammar , a discussion about whether and how to give L2feedback on their writing mistakes has been of great importance (Bitchener, Young, & Cameron, 2005). Also,the question of whether teachers should provide feedback on different parts in the writing assignments ofESL/EFL learners, and if so how, has been a matter of considerable attention in the field of SLA.For most of the 20th century error correction of L2 students’ text was assumed to be an important andbeneficial practice (Alroe, 2011). Plenty of studies have tried to investigate the efficacy of providing errorcorrection and different types of written corrective feedback (WCF). This study aims at presenting acomprehensive, detailed review of thirty research articles on the effect of two important types of correctivefeedback (CF) mainly direct and indirect corrective feedback on EFL/ESL writing accuracy.

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feedback ، written corrective feedback ، direct corrective feedback ، indirect corrective feedback