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Learners’ Beliefs and Teachers’ Practice of Grammar-focused Written Corrective Feedback in the Malaysian Primary ESL Classrooms : A Pilot Study

Written corrective feedback (WCF) is utilized by language teachers to address learners’ mistakes in writing. Although WCF studies should strike a balance between the viewpoints of teachers and learners, studies that focused on learners, especially young learners, have been limited. This study inve...

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Main Authors: Pui, Kuet Poh, Pung, Wun Chiew, Ho, Ai Ping
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Language:English
Published: De La Salle University 2023
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LB1501 Primary Education
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46997/1/APSSR%20article.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46997/
https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/apssr/vol23/iss4/5/
https://doi.org/10.59588/2350-8329.1516
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spelling my.unimas.ir-469972024-12-23T03:05:18Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46997/ Learners’ Beliefs and Teachers’ Practice of Grammar-focused Written Corrective Feedback in the Malaysian Primary ESL Classrooms : A Pilot Study Pui, Kuet Poh Pung, Wun Chiew Ho, Ai Ping LB1501 Primary Education Written corrective feedback (WCF) is utilized by language teachers to address learners’ mistakes in writing. Although WCF studies should strike a balance between the viewpoints of teachers and learners, studies that focused on learners, especially young learners, have been limited. This study investigated Malaysian primary school learners’ beliefs of how they would like to receive written corrective feedback to grammatical mistakes (GWCF) in their essays, as well as what teachers actually did when providing GWCF in learners’ essays. Findings from the survey showed that the majority of the learners believed all the grammatical mistakes in writing should be indicated and given direct feedback, while analysis of teachers’ GWCF provision in learners’ essays indicated that all the essays were given comprehensive feedback and the majority of the grammatical mistakes were given direct GWCF. The findings also revealed that the learners’ GWCF beliefs aligned with the teachers’ actual practice in terms of scope and types. This study hopes to probe primary ESL teachers to reflect on their current feedback practices in the classrooms while the teachers are encouraged to attend more WCF-related training to enhance the quality of feedback provision. Discussions with the learners can also be carried out to source for appropriate forms of GWCF. De La Salle University 2023 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46997/1/APSSR%20article.pdf Pui, Kuet Poh and Pung, Wun Chiew and Ho, Ai Ping (2023) Learners’ Beliefs and Teachers’ Practice of Grammar-focused Written Corrective Feedback in the Malaysian Primary ESL Classrooms : A Pilot Study. Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, 23 (4). pp. 42-54. ISSN 2350-8329 https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/apssr/vol23/iss4/5/ https://doi.org/10.59588/2350-8329.1516
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Pui, Kuet Poh
Pung, Wun Chiew
Ho, Ai Ping
Learners’ Beliefs and Teachers’ Practice of Grammar-focused Written Corrective Feedback in the Malaysian Primary ESL Classrooms : A Pilot Study
description Written corrective feedback (WCF) is utilized by language teachers to address learners’ mistakes in writing. Although WCF studies should strike a balance between the viewpoints of teachers and learners, studies that focused on learners, especially young learners, have been limited. This study investigated Malaysian primary school learners’ beliefs of how they would like to receive written corrective feedback to grammatical mistakes (GWCF) in their essays, as well as what teachers actually did when providing GWCF in learners’ essays. Findings from the survey showed that the majority of the learners believed all the grammatical mistakes in writing should be indicated and given direct feedback, while analysis of teachers’ GWCF provision in learners’ essays indicated that all the essays were given comprehensive feedback and the majority of the grammatical mistakes were given direct GWCF. The findings also revealed that the learners’ GWCF beliefs aligned with the teachers’ actual practice in terms of scope and types. This study hopes to probe primary ESL teachers to reflect on their current feedback practices in the classrooms while the teachers are encouraged to attend more WCF-related training to enhance the quality of feedback provision. Discussions with the learners can also be carried out to source for appropriate forms of GWCF.
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author Pui, Kuet Poh
Pung, Wun Chiew
Ho, Ai Ping
author_facet Pui, Kuet Poh
Pung, Wun Chiew
Ho, Ai Ping
author_sort Pui, Kuet Poh
title Learners’ Beliefs and Teachers’ Practice of Grammar-focused Written Corrective Feedback in the Malaysian Primary ESL Classrooms : A Pilot Study
title_short Learners’ Beliefs and Teachers’ Practice of Grammar-focused Written Corrective Feedback in the Malaysian Primary ESL Classrooms : A Pilot Study
title_full Learners’ Beliefs and Teachers’ Practice of Grammar-focused Written Corrective Feedback in the Malaysian Primary ESL Classrooms : A Pilot Study
title_fullStr Learners’ Beliefs and Teachers’ Practice of Grammar-focused Written Corrective Feedback in the Malaysian Primary ESL Classrooms : A Pilot Study
title_full_unstemmed Learners’ Beliefs and Teachers’ Practice of Grammar-focused Written Corrective Feedback in the Malaysian Primary ESL Classrooms : A Pilot Study
title_sort learners’ beliefs and teachers’ practice of grammar-focused written corrective feedback in the malaysian primary esl classrooms : a pilot study
publisher De La Salle University
publishDate 2023
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46997/1/APSSR%20article.pdf
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https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/apssr/vol23/iss4/5/
https://doi.org/10.59588/2350-8329.1516
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