Novice and Experienced Teachers’ Beliefs and Stated Attitudes About Oral Corrective Feedback

Abstract

This study aims to investigate novice and experienced teachers’ stated beliefs and attitudes about oral corrective feedback (OCF) and the similarities and differences between them. Certain qualitative and quantitative research techniques were employed in this study to answer the research questions. Regarding qualitative design, some interviews were conducted to find out novice and experienced teachers’ stated beliefs about OCF. The quantitative part of the study is based on data collected through Situations for Error Correction (SEC) Simulation. The novice and experienced teachers were asked to write how they would respond to each situation and why they would respond that way. The aim of this tool was to identify the novice and experienced teachers’ stated attitudes. The results indicated that although there were some similarities between the novice and experienced teachers’ beliefs and attitudes about OCF, their OCF strategies and beliefs varied regarding correcting errors concerning language components.