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集中与非集中纠正性反馈在中国大学生英语写作课中的对比研究.docx

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集中与非集中纠正性反馈在中国大学生英语写作课中的对比研究 Introduction Writingisanessentialskillforuniversitystudents,especiallywhenstudentsarerequiredtowriteinEnglishintheircourses.Inordertoimprovetheirwritingskills,studentsneedfeedbackfromtheirinstructors.Feedbackcanbeeithercorrectiveornon-corrective,andcantaketheformofeithercentralizedordecentralizedfeedback.ThisstudyaimstocomparecentralizedanddecentralizedcorrectivefeedbackinChineseuniversitystudents'Englishwritingclasses. CentralizedandDecentralizedCorrectiveFeedback Centralizedcorrectivefeedbackisprovidedbytheinstructorinagroupsetting.Itcanbeintheformofexplicitcorrectionofgrammaticalandmechanicalerrors,orindirectcorrectionbyprovidingexamplesofcorrectusage.Decentralizedcorrectivefeedback,ontheotherhand,isgiventoindividualstudents.Thisfeedbackincludescommentsonthestrengthsandweaknessesofindividualpapers,aswellassuggestionsforimprovement. LiteratureReview Researchhassuggestedthatcorrectivefeedbackiseffectiveinimprovingstudents’writingskills.AstudybyEllisandShintani(2014)foundthatbothdirectandindirectcorrectivefeedbackimprovedwritingaccuracy.AnotherstudybyHuandLi(2014)foundthatstudentswhoreceivedcorrectivefeedbackshowedsignificantimprovementintheirwritingskills.Thesestudiesdidnotdistinguishbetweencentralizedanddecentralizedfeedback,however. Intermsofcentralizedversusdecentralizedfeedback,somestudieshavesuggestedthatdecentralizedfeedbackismoreeffectiveinimprovingstudents’writingskills.Forexample,astudybyFerris(2004)foundthatstudentswhoreceiveddecentralizedfeedbackmadesignificantlymoreprogressintheirgrammar,vocabulary,organization,anddevelopmentofideasthanthosewhoreceivedcentralizedfeedback.AnotherstudybyBitchenerandKnoch(2010)foundthatbothcentralizedanddecentralizedfeedbackimprovedstudents'writingtoasimilarextent,butdecentralizedfeedbackwasmoreeffectiveintermsofimprovingstudents’writingconfidence. Methodology Atotalof60ChineseuniversitystudentswhowerestudyingEnglishasasecondlanguageparticipatedinthisstudy.Thestudentswererandomlyassignedtooneof