ERIC Number: EJ1042849
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 60
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ISSN: ISSN-1578-7044
Corrective Feedback Episodes in Oral Interaction: A Comparison of a CLIL and an EFL Classroom
Milla, Ruth; García Mayo, María Pilar
International Journal of English Studies, v14 n1 p1-20 2014
This paper addresses the issue of corrective feedback (CF), a topic widely investigated in the last few decades (Sheen, 2011), and instructional context. We observed and recorded the oral interaction of an intact class of thirty Spanish intermediate-level high-school learners and two teachers in two settings: a traditional form-oriented English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom and a meaning-oriented Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) classroom (Dalton-Puffer, 2011). Corrective feedback episodes (CFE; Lyster, 1994) were used as the unit of analysis. The findings of the study indicate that there are differences in the type, quantity and manner of CFE between the two learning contexts. Although no significant difference in the proportion of learners' uptake was found between the EFL and CLIL contexts, a qualitative analysis of the data indicated that the teachers' attitude toward CF influenced subsequent learner uptake. Implications for further research on CF, learner uptake and instructional context are suggested.
Descriptors: Error Correction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teacher Attitudes, High School Students, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Qualitative Research, Second Language Instruction, Oral Language, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
University of Murcia. Department of English Philology Merced Campus, Calle Santo Cristo 1, Murcia 30071 Spain. Tel: +34-868-88-3406; Fax: +34-868-88-3409; e-mail: publicaciones@um.es; Web site: http://www.um.es/ijes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Spain

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