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ISSN : 1017-7108(Print)
ISSN : (Online)
English Teaching Vol.71 No.1 pp.25-45
DOI : https://doi.org/10.15858/engtea.71.1.201603.26

From Perception to Practice: Native and Non-Native English Teachers’ Use of Error Correction in Written Feedback

Cheol Baek, Sookyung Cho

Abstract

This study compares native English teachers (NETs) and non-native English teachers (NNETs) in their perceptions of errors as well as their actual feedback. Studies comparing NETs and NNETs have focused on actual feedback practice (Green & Hecht, 1985; T. Kobayashi, 1992), with very few studies relating this feedback to their actual perceptions of error correction (Hyland & Anan, 2006; Kim, 2007). In order to better understand this phenomenon, 26 NETs and 24 NNETs completed a questionnaire and provided feedback on a sample academic essay. The results reveal that while both groups showed differing degrees of perceptions, they did not significantly differ from each other in actual feedback, except that NETs preferred coded feedback than NNETs by explaining errors. This study implies that NNETs are as reliable as NETs in correcting errors, but that they differ in how they give feedback.

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