The effects of feedback explicitness and type of target structure on accuracy in revision and new pieces of writing

This study examines the interactional effect of written corrective feedback (WCF) explicitness and type of target structure on the accuracy of students’ revision and new pieces of writing. A total of 88 Japanese university students of English were assigned to four groups, each receiving either direct or indirect corrective feedback that differed in its degree of feedback explicitness: Direct corrective feedback with metalinguistic explanation...