Does language analytical ability mediate the effect of written feedback on grammatical accuracy in second language writing?

Recent research has shown that written corrective feedback helps to improve learners' grammatical accuracy in new pieces of writing. However, little is known about how individual differences mediate the extent that learners benefit from feedback. This article reports a correlational study designed to examine whether one individual difference factor––language analytical ability (LAA)––mediated the extent to which 118 Japanese university students...