Teaching Technical English: Corrective Feedback Based on Students’ and Teachers’ Beliefs

- Chugai, Oksana and Ogienko, Olena (2021) Teaching Technical English: Corrective Feedback Based on Students’ and Teachers’ Beliefs Multidisciplinary Journal for Education, Social and Technological Sciences, 1 (8). pp. 1-12. ISSN 2341-2593

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Abstract

The present study investigates the beliefs of students and teachers about corrective feedback (CF) regarding necessity, timing and the most effective types in technical English setting. This study was conducted at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” with students majoring in Information Technology, Mathematics or Physics ranged between 18 and 22 years of age. Methods included a questionnaire, interviews and classroom observations. The feedback from 55 students and 33 teachers was collected during practical classes in February – March at the beginning of the second semester of 2019-2020 academic year. This research has confirmed the necessity of CF for students and teachers. It also demonstrated the differences regarding timing: teachers preferred delayed to immediate CF, while students equally appreciated both. The research also indicated that both teachers and students preferred indirect types of CF; teachers had stronger attitudes though. The research demonstrated the most effective types of CF for students: meta-linguistic clue and repetition, while for teachers it was elicitation. Completing the survey, both teachers and students chose at least two different types of CF. The necessity of effective CF, which requires learning more about students’ and teachers’ beliefs, benefits and drawbacks of each CF type, is emphasized. The results of the present research may be used by practitioners, who would like to use CF effectively in teaching technical English. Future studies may explore CF in terms of students’ and teachers’ beliefs and behavior in different learning environments.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Chugai, O., Ogienko, O. (2021). Teaching Technical English: Corrective Feedback Based on Students’ and Teachers’ Beliefs. Multidisciplinary Journal for Education, Social and Technological Sciences, 8(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.4995/muse.2021.14016
Keywords:	corrective feedback (CF); recast; explicit correction; meta-linguistic clue
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 37.01/.09 Special auxiliary table for theory, principles, methods and organization of education > 37.02 General questions of didactics and method Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 37.01/.09 Special auxiliary table for theory, principles, methods and organization of education > 37.09 Organization of instruction Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 378 Higher education. Universities. Academic study
Divisions:	Institute of Pedagogical Education and Education for the Adults > Department of Foreign Systems of Pedagogical and Adult Education
Depositing User:	Кирил Васильович Котун
Date Deposited:	08 Feb 2022 22:16
Last Modified:	08 Feb 2022 22:16
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/727985

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