The effects of feedback timing on L2 development in written SCMC

Kourtali, Nektaria-Efstathia ORCID: 0000-0002-1736-7672 and Borges, Lais (2023) The effects of feedback timing on L2 development in written SCMC. COMPUTER ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING, ahead- (ahead-). pp. 1-29.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2023.2171066

Abstract

Numerous studies have delved into the effects of interactional corrective feedback provided in the oral or written mode in the CALL environment (e.g.video-conferencing or text-based chat). Although previous research shows that several factors influence its effectiveness, a research area that merits more attention is the role of feedback timing operationalized as immediate or delayed intervention. The current study explores the role of timing when recasts, a corrective feedback technique, are provided in an unfocused, incidental manner addressing semantic and morphosyntactic features as they arise during written synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC). Fifty-eight young learners of English (M = 12.75 years old, SD = 1.2) were assigned to one of two experimental conditions that differed as to whether they received immediate recasts while performing a communicative task or delayed recasts after completing a task. The results show that delayed recasts led to greater L2 gains than immediate ones in the immediate postinteraction test especially when addressing semantic features; however, no difference was found between the two conditions two weeks after the intervention in the delayed postinteraction test.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	corrective feedback timing, linguistic focus, recasts, text-based chat, Written synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC)
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of the Arts
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	02 Mar 2023 11:37
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 16:24
DOI:	10.1080/09588221.2023.2171066
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2023.2171066
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3168692