Transcript presentation - University of Bristol

Online feedback on
student compositions:
Overcoming the limitations of
traditional feedback
Innovative Language Teaching and Learning at University:
Enhancing the Learning Experience of Modern Languages
through Feedback
Bristol University, School of Modern Languages, 25 May 2012
Dr Michael Märlein
Should feedback be given?
No
• Truscott
Yes
• Ferris
(1996, 1999, 2007)
• Semke (1984)
• Kepner (1991)
• Sheppard (1992)
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(1999, 2004, 2006)
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Ferris & Roberts (2001)
Lee (1997, 2004)
Chandler (2003)
Bitchener (2008)
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What type of feedback?
Direct feedback
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What type of feedback?
Indirect coded feedback
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Error codes
• Size of the code system
(e.g. Cohen & Cavalcanti 1990, Lee 2004)
• Code labels
(e.g. Lee 1997)
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Code labels
M
The verb has been placed
in the wrong mood; usually
subjunctive will need to be
replaced by the indicative
or vice versa.
(Lalande 1982, p. 148)
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Code labels
mF morphologischer Fehler
(Kleppin 1997, p. 144)
UN UNMÖGLICH! No such
word or construction exists
in German.
(Lalande 1982, p. 148)
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Error codes
• Size of the code system
(e.g. Cohen & Cavalcanti 1990, Lee 2004)
• Code labels
(e.g. Lee 1997)
• Support for self-correction
(e.g. Conrad & Goldstein 1999, Ferris 1995)
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New code system
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spelling
ending
form
wrong word
position
missing word
unnecessary word
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The feedback dilemma
Comprehensive feedback expected
(e.g. Lee 2004)
Selective feedback most suitable
(e.g. Ferris 1999)
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The feedback dilemma
Support for self-correction
(e.g. Ferris 1995)
„Guided“ self-correction process
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New feedback tool
tool presentation
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Student evaluation results
strongly
agree
agree
disagree
strongly
disagree
I liked seeing only the errors of one
category (critical, major, medium,
minor) at a time.
The feedback/correction hint provided
for each marked error made it easier
for me to self-correct the error.
This type of feedback helped me more
to improve my writing than traditional
feedback I received before.
The online feedback was easy to use.
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