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Article published In: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics
Vol. 15:2 (1992) ► pp.45–62

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Student response to feedback strategies in an English for Academic Purposes program

 | NSW, Adult Migrant English Service
Published online: 1 January 1992
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https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.15.2.04cra
Abstract
This paper looks at student response to different types of corrective feedback in an English for Academic Purposes [EAP] program. Reactions were collected by means of two questionnaires. The first was completed at the end of the semester and reflected actual experience with the feedback discussed. The second provided a wider overview of attitudes to the issue and was collected at the beginning of the following semester and with a different group of learners. The results suggest that, given the demand for correction and feedback, the time devoted to it, and the pressure on students and staff in EAP programs to develop learners’ accuracy and fluency, it seems essential to make procedures and their rationale more explicit and to explore how effective various techniques are in actually producing permanent change in learners’ interlanguage development.
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