Effects of Explicit Corrective Feedback on Writing Skill: A private middle school example

Abstract

In the current study, the effects of explicit corrective feedback (ECF) on foreign language writing skills are examined and discussed. Writing skill, in the process of second language learning, is one of the most critical skills to set meaningful access to the target language. ECF is also the key point to gaining the skill of writing while learning a second language. In spite of the importance of ECF in language learning, many scholars often neglect the idea by accepting it as a behaviourist technique. The paper first focuses on the definition of ECF and then reviews various research in the field. Besides, it discusses the research findings of the writing tasks applied to 43 private middle school students (B1 level) taking 5 subcategories into consideration. The paper concludes that the research findings reveal a significant correlation between explicit corrective feedback and improving writing skills.