abstract the extent to which teachers’ written corrective feedback (wcf) is conducive to esl learners’ improvement has been discussed since truscott’s claim in 1996. the mentioned debate continues because there has been lots of contrastive research studies with different results. this paper presents the results of a 2-month study of the effectiveness of wcf to 65 low intermediate iranian learne...

We examined which type of corrective feedback in a computerized task produces an optimal balance between performance and emotional reactions in children. To that end, we conducted an emotional dotprobe task. We employed three types of corrective feedback (negative, positive, or mixed) along with a control, non-feedback condition. We tested the effect of feedback on: (i) task performance; (ii) i...

Abstract Many studies about eTandem and language learning stem from learners in Western institutions of higher education. Unfortunately, there is a lack research investigating the telecollaboration regarding development between East West. Against this backdrop, small-scale, six-week Chinese-English project focusing on learners’ processes experiences was undertaken nine Chinese university studen...