ERIC Number: EJ1051568
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1657-0790
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Online Peer Feedback between Colombian and New Zealand FL Beginners: A Comparison and Lessons Learned (Retroalimentación virtual de pares entre aprendices principiantes de lengua de Colombia y Nueva Zelanda: una comparación y lecciones aprendidas)
Tolosa, Constanza; Ordóñez, Claudia Lucía; Alfonso, Tania
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v17 n1 p73-86 Jan-Jun 2015
We report on an exploratory study comparing the performance as online tutors of two groups of beginner eleven-year-old students of English in Colombia and Spanish in New Zealand. The native speaker students of the foreign language the others were learning corrected paragraphs written by their peers. The feedback provided by each group of tutors was analyzed for (1) language corrected, (2) input on errors, and (3) types of feedback provided. We found that both Colombian and New Zealand tutors willingly provided corrections to their peers and used other feedback strategies to foster attention to linguistic form. The Colombian tutors identified a higher number of errors, but the New Zealanders provided more detailed comments. We draw lessons from the exploration.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Linguistic Input, Peer Relationship, Computer Mediated Communication, Error Correction, Grammar, Error Patterns, Tutors, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Spanish, Writing (Composition), Peer Evaluation, Cooperative Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intervention, Elementary School Students, Classification, Statistical Analysis, Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia; New Zealand
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