Author(s)

Yanchong Gao ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China

Corresponding Author

Yanchong Gao

ABSTRACT

As a significant area of research within applied linguistics, teachers' written corrective feedback has been studied for over three decades. The focus has been largely on examining its effects on second language writing and acquisition. This dissertation aims to summarize recent researches on the impact of written corrective feedback by teachers on the English writing ability of domestic university learners through literature review. The research questions are as follows: Is the teacher's written corrective feedback effective in college students' English writing teaching? What type of written corrective feedback is the most effective? The study's findings indicate that teachers’ written error correction feedback is useful for college-level English writing instruction. Nevertheless, each error correction feedback approach has its own benefits and drawbacks, so pedagogues should be judicious in selecting correction techniques during teaching activities. In addition, this paper identifies the shortcomings in previous domestic research and offers suggestions for improvement. It is hoped that the research findings presented in this paper can inspire further related research and improve college English writing instruction.

KEYWORDS

Written Corrective Feedback, Domestic University Learners, English Writing

CITE THIS PAPER

Yanchong Gao, A Review of Researches on Teachers' WCF in the Field of Second Language Writing—Taking the Learning Effectiveness of Domestic University English Learners as an Example. Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2024) Vol. 7: 107-115. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2024.070617.

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