The Effects of Corrective Feedback

 

Yamashita, T. (2021). Corrective feedback in computer-mediated collaborative writing and revision contributions. Language Learning & Technology, 25, 75-93. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/73434

 

In this article, Yamashita (2021) presents her investigation on the effects of corrective feedback during in-class computer-mediated collaborative writing. The results show that learners improve their development and use what they have learned in the collaborative writing in their individual tasks. This study raises awareness of the importance of teachers’ feedback and the need of designing revision and corrections stages in the writing process. Although the research offers positive evidence, corrective feedback facilitates only long-term learning. Limitations of the study, such as the fact that learners' performance is situated in a laboratory seeting, have to be taken into consideration.