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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.

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Giving feedback on writing

Webinar

For a free voiced-over recorded presentation of this webinar (and others!) go to www.elt-training.com under ‘Free Teacher Training Webinars’

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Why do we write?

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Why do we want our learners to write?

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Why do we want our learners to write?

Exams/tests

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Why do we want our learners to write?

Work or study…

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Why do we want our learners to write?

Language acquisition

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Why do we want our learners to write?

Reinforcement

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Why do we want our learners to write?

Homework

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Direct

feedback

Indirect feedbackUsing a correction code What to correct

Giving feedback on writing

RedrftingRedrafting

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Direct feedback

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I am here in UK for three months.

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I am here in UK for three months.

have been the

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Possible advantages

Learners often like it!

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Possible advantages

Relatively easy for teachers

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Possible disadvantages

May not help

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Indirect feedback

I am here in UK for three months.

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Indirect feedback

I am here in UK for three months.

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Indirect feedback

I am here in UK for three months.

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Possible advantages

May promote more engagement and ‘noticing’

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Does level make a difference?

Yes!

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Does it work?!

We don’t know

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Using a correction code

(or ‘explicit metalinguistic correction’…)

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I am here in UK for three months.

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I am here in UK for three months.

T

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WW wrong word

He is very good in mathematics.

WW

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WF wrong form

Water is freezing at zero degrees.

WF

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WO word order

He always is making mistakes.

WO

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missing word

My father is electrician.

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Sp spelling

Which is the bigest?Sp

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P punctuation

who was she.P P

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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.

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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

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Does it work?!

We don’t know!

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Rewriting drafts….

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OUTPUT

INPUTLooking at corrections

Making own corrections or redrafting.

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Learners often find this process tedious….

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Get them to keep a log of common mistakes

eg. articles, prepositions, tenses, word order….

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What should we correct?

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What should we correct?

Content?

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What should we correct?

Organisation?

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What should we correct?

Target language only?

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What should we correct?

All language errors?

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What should we correct?

Everything?

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Exams/tests

Often a significant part of the marks are for content and organisation.

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Focused correction

Provides multiple examples of the same error.

Learners more likely to notice and learn.

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Focused correction

BUT..

may be less useful in the long term?

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Your turn!

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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 .

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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.

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How about spell checkers??

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn35iHCljC8

Dr. Rod Ellis TESOL Written Corrective Feedback

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