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Corrective Feedback And Second Language Acquisition: Differential Contributions Of Implicit And Explicit Knowledge, Mandana Rohollahzadeh Ebadi
Corrective Feedback And Second Language Acquisition: Differential Contributions Of Implicit And Explicit Knowledge, Mandana Rohollahzadeh Ebadi
Mandana Rohollahzadeh Ebadi
ABSTRACT The issue of error correction remains controversial in recent years due to the different positions of interface toward implicit and explicit knowledge of ESL learners. This study looks at the impacts of implicit corrective feedback in the form of recast on implicit and explicit knowledge of adult ESL learners. In an experimental study, lower-intermediate learners first were taught the grammatical features; then they completed communicative tasks during which the experimental group received recast and the control group received no feedback when an error occurred. Acquisition was measured by means of tests designed to measure implicit and explicit knowledge. Results …