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The Relative Effects of Explicit Correction and Recasts on Two Target Structures via Two Communication Modes
Author(s) -
Yilmaz Yucel
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
language learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.882
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1467-9922
pISSN - 0023-8333
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2012.00726.x
Subject(s) - corrective feedback , morpheme , psychology , turkish , salient , comprehension , salience (neuroscience) , linguistics , cognitive psychology , communication , natural language processing , computer science , artificial intelligence , mathematics education , philosophy
This study investigated the effects of negative feedback type (i.e., explicit correction vs. recasts), communication mode (i.e., face‐to‐face communication vs. synchronous computer‐mediated communication), and target structure salience (i.e., salient vs. nonsalient) on the acquisition of two Turkish morphemes. Forty‐eight native speakers of English with no Turkish background carried out two communicative tasks during which their errors on the target structures were treated according to their feedback group. Oral production, comprehension, and recognition tests were used to measure learners’ resulting performance. A clear advantage was found for explicit correction over recasts in the oral production and comprehension tasks on both immediate and delayed posttests. Results also showed that neither communication mode nor target structure salience moderated the difference between the negative feedback types but both factors made independent contributions to feedback effectiveness.