This thorough exploration of the conceptual framework behind both oral and written feedback in ESL classrooms provides a historical perspective on past research, synthesizes current work on the topic, and details an original study into the effects of feedback.

This book explores current thinking about the role of corrective feedback in language learning and teaching. Corrective feedback is a topic that is of relevance to both theories of second language learning and language pedagogy.

Younghee Sheen, an Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at the American University in Washington D.C., offers a new perspective by reviewing a wide body of research on both oral and written corrective feedback and its contribution to second language acquisition. She also reports the results of her own study, pointing to the need to examine how individual factors such as anxiety and language aptitude mediate learners' ability to benefit from the oral and written feedback they receive.

This book is an important resource for students and scholars of applied linguistics and second language acquisition. It will also be of interest to language teachers and teacher educators wanting to deepen their understanding of error correction strategies in the classroom.

A historical perspective on the treatment of corrective feedback in second language acquisition research and in language pedagogy Synthesizes current research on oral and written corrective feedback Relates research to the practice of corrective feedback in language pedagogy

Inhalt
Preface .- Chapter 1. Introduction .- Chapter 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Corrective Feedback .- Chapter 3. Pedagogical Perspectives on Corrective Feedback .- Chapter 4. Oral Corrective Feedback Research .- Chapter 5. Written Corrective Feedback Research .- Chapter 6. Comparing Oral and Written Corrective Feedback .- Chapter 7. Individual Differences and Corrective Feedback .- Chapter 8. Conclusion .- References .- Index