The Impacts of Direct, Indirect, and Metalinguistic Feedback Strategies on Iraqi Students’ Writing Performance in EGP Courses
Recent research has focused on Written Corrective Feedback (WCF) as a viable approach to the instruction of second language writing that enables learners to self-correct their written output. The present study strived to determine the use of various WCF strategies in English for General Purposes...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin,
2025-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Modern Research in English Language Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://jmrels.journals.ikiu.ac.ir/article_3692.html |
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| Summary: | Recent research has focused on Written Corrective Feedback (WCF) as a
viable approach to the instruction of second language writing that enables
learners to self-correct their written output. The present study strived to
determine the use of various WCF strategies in English for General
Purposes (EGP) courses. Accordingly, it used a mixed-methods design to
examine the utility of WCF in foreign language context of Iraq. To this
end, in the quantitative phase, the researchers selected 104 intermediatelevel nursing students in four EGP classes of a public university in Iraq
as the participants. Then, they assigned the learners to three experimental
groups including direct, indirect, and metalinguistic groups and a control
group. In addition, in the qualitative phase, the researchers randomly
selected 10 students in each of the experimental groups and probed their
perspectives on their relevant treatment using a researcher-developed
semi-structured interview protocol. Additionally, the researchers used
paired-samples t-test and one-way ANOVA to perform the data analysis
in SPSS 25. Lastly, they took advantage of thematic analysis for
analyzing the qualitative data of the study. Based on the results, all of the
examined WCF strategies ameliorated nursing students’ writing
performance. However, direct and metalinguistic WCF strategies were
more efficacious than the indirect strategy. Moreover, the qualitative
findings indicated that the participants had a preference for direct and
metalinguistic WCF strategies. The results can have practical
implications regarding the use of WCF strategies in Iraqi context. |
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| ISSN: | 2676-5985 |