giving feedback on efl/ esol writing
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A webinar from www.elt-training.com on different ways of giving feedback on learners' writing and what kinds of things are good to correct.TRANSCRIPT
Giving feedback on writing
Webinar
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Why do we write?
Why do we want our learners to write?
Why do we want our learners to write?
Exams/tests
Why do we want our learners to write?
Work or study…
Why do we want our learners to write?
Language acquisition
Why do we want our learners to write?
Reinforcement
Why do we want our learners to write?
Homework
Direct
feedback
Indirect feedbackUsing a correction code What to correct
Giving feedback on writing
RedrftingRedrafting
Direct feedback
I am here in UK for three months.
I am here in UK for three months.
have been the
Possible advantages
Learners often like it!
Possible advantages
Relatively easy for teachers
Possible disadvantages
May not help
Indirect feedback
I am here in UK for three months.
Indirect feedback
I am here in UK for three months.
Indirect feedback
I am here in UK for three months.
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Possible advantages
May promote more engagement and ‘noticing’
Does level make a difference?
Yes!
Does it work?!
We don’t know
Using a correction code
(or ‘explicit metalinguistic correction’…)
I am here in UK for three months.
I am here in UK for three months.
T
WW wrong word
He is very good in mathematics.
WW
WF wrong form
Water is freezing at zero degrees.
WF
WO word order
He always is making mistakes.
WO
missing word
My father is electrician.
Sp spelling
Which is the bigest?Sp
P punctuation
who was she.P P
Writing correction code Try - Activities © BBC | British Council 2007Writing correction codeCode Use ExampleWW Wrong word As our plane flew on the mountains we saw snow.WT Wrong time As our plane flew over the mountains we see snow.WF Wrong form As our plane flew over the mountains we was seeing
snow.WO Wrong order As our plane over the mountain flew we saw snow.SP Spelling As our plane flue over the mountains we saw snow.P Punctuation As our plane flew over the mountains; we saw snow.X Extra word As our plane flew over to the mountains we saw snow.M Missing word As our plane flew over the mountains saw snow.R Register As our plane flew over the mountains we observed snow.? Not clear As our plane flew over the mountains we saw snow.! Silly mistake! As our plane flew over the mountains we seed snow.RW Try re-writing Our vehicle flies, we snow find, over mountains you saw it.
www.teachingenglish.
Mark Error Indicated/\ A word is missing/ Start a new sentence// Start a new paragraphGr Grammar errorSp Spelling errorP Punctuation errorArt Error with articles (a, an, the)
c/unc Countable/uncountable error
Wo Wrong word orderWw Wrong wordWt Wrong tenseWf Wrong formIrreg Irregular verb? Unclear
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/marking-students-written-work-with-correction-code.html
Does it work?!
We don’t know!
Rewriting drafts….
OUTPUT
INPUTLooking at corrections
Making own corrections or redrafting.
Learners often find this process tedious….
Get them to keep a log of common mistakes
eg. articles, prepositions, tenses, word order….
What should we correct?
What should we correct?
Content?
What should we correct?
Organisation?
What should we correct?
Target language only?
What should we correct?
All language errors?
What should we correct?
Everything?
Exams/tests
Often a significant part of the marks are for content and organisation.
Focused correction
Provides multiple examples of the same error.
Learners more likely to notice and learn.
Focused correction
BUT..
may be less useful in the long term?
Your turn!
my name is _________________,i am 22 years old ,i am from yemen , i have 2 brothers and 4 sisters .my Hobbies :reading ,photography ,swimming ,lstening to My Ipod Fashion, Traveling , billy dancing . i have a student visitor for 11 months to learn english i want to do this Course the Reason english is a world languagei chose to study in england Because it is a Stunning country i realy like this country and i tell my father when i Finish learning English i will work with him in England for general trading and poultry .. today is my first day in school and i Really enjoyed i hope all class like today, thank you ms jo for your time .
Thank you for telling me about yourself- I’m glad that you enjoyed today and hope that you enjoy all of your lessons
Take care with capital letters – every sentence must start with a capital and end with a full stop. Also ‘I’ and countries always have capitals but not other words. I’ve underlined all of your mistakes with punctuation. Try to correct these mistakes in class – ask me if you are not sure.
Well done for your hard work.
How about spell checkers??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn35iHCljC8
Dr. Rod Ellis TESOL Written Corrective Feedback
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