The Impact of Dynamic Written Corrective Feedback on the Accuracy of English Passive Voice Usage in Foreign Language Narrative Writing

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  • Victoria Sayad Deghatkar1,
  • Mohammad Reza Khodareza*1,
  • Valeh Valipour1,
  1. Department of English Language,Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran

Revised: 2022-01-04

Accepted: 2022-03-28

Published in Issue 2022-04-01

How to Cite

Sayad Deghatkar, V., Khodareza, M. R., & Valipour, V. (2022). The Impact of Dynamic Written Corrective Feedback on the Accuracy of English Passive Voice Usage in Foreign Language Narrative Writing. Journal of Education Experiences, 5(1), 173-189. https://oiccpress.com/jee/article/view/10980

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Abstract

The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of dynamic written corrective feedback (WCF) in helping students to write better narrative essays. In fact, this study investigated the effect of dynamic WCF on writing abilities such as accuracy, fluency and complexity. Fifty four students from intermediate level from two classes in Iranian Academic center of Education, Culture, and Research (ACECR)-Guilan Branch were selected for the study. The subjects were being prepared for the IELTS exam. They were assigned to two treatment groups, first an experimental group that received dynamic WCF, and second a control group that did not receive dynamic WCF approach but they were taught based on traditional approach. Each group was given eight forty-minute sessions of treatment time. The subjects were tested before treatment, and also after the treatment. In order to answer the research questions, independent t-tests were run and it indicated that dynamic WCF affected students` performance on writing accuracy and grammar instruction, fluency and complexity more.
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