The use of written feedback and conferencing in improving students' writing

The use of written feedback and conferencing are crucial in the learning of English as a second language. If teachers and students can manipulate well the use of written feedback and conferencing, both parties will benefit. This research looks at the types of feedback given to ESL students and to in...

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Main Author: V. C. Naidu @ Mahadir Naidu, Mumtaz
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/6459/1/MumtazNaiduMahadirNaiduMFP2007.pdf
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spelling my-utm-ep.64592018-08-30T08:03:48Z The use of written feedback and conferencing in improving students' writing 2007-04 V. C. Naidu @ Mahadir Naidu, Mumtaz L Education (General) The use of written feedback and conferencing are crucial in the learning of English as a second language. If teachers and students can manipulate well the use of written feedback and conferencing, both parties will benefit. This research looks at the types of feedback given to ESL students and to investigate what are the students' responses towards the use of written feedback and conferencing session in the writing class. It also provides guidelines for teachers on how to give appropriate feedback and how to handle the conferencing session. The six respondents chosen for this research are students whose proficiency was below average in ESL writing. In this research, the researcher used the Writing Task, Questionnaire and Interview Questions to gain data from the respondents. The findings of this research show that the respondents gave positive responses towards the use of written feedback and conferencing session in ESL writing. The two types of feedback given to the respondents were feedback on content and feedback on form 2007-04 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/6459/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/6459/1/MumtazNaiduMahadirNaiduMFP2007.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Education Faculty of Education
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V. C. Naidu @ Mahadir Naidu, Mumtaz
The use of written feedback and conferencing in improving students' writing
description The use of written feedback and conferencing are crucial in the learning of English as a second language. If teachers and students can manipulate well the use of written feedback and conferencing, both parties will benefit. This research looks at the types of feedback given to ESL students and to investigate what are the students' responses towards the use of written feedback and conferencing session in the writing class. It also provides guidelines for teachers on how to give appropriate feedback and how to handle the conferencing session. The six respondents chosen for this research are students whose proficiency was below average in ESL writing. In this research, the researcher used the Writing Task, Questionnaire and Interview Questions to gain data from the respondents. The findings of this research show that the respondents gave positive responses towards the use of written feedback and conferencing session in ESL writing. The two types of feedback given to the respondents were feedback on content and feedback on form
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author V. C. Naidu @ Mahadir Naidu, Mumtaz
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title The use of written feedback and conferencing in improving students' writing
title_short The use of written feedback and conferencing in improving students' writing
title_full The use of written feedback and conferencing in improving students' writing
title_fullStr The use of written feedback and conferencing in improving students' writing
title_full_unstemmed The use of written feedback and conferencing in improving students' writing
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url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/6459/1/MumtazNaiduMahadirNaiduMFP2007.pdf
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