KOTESOL International Conference 2016
(Concurrent Session)
Victor Zhe Zhang, The University of Hong Kong
Focusing on Process: Individual L2 Students' Engagement with Teacher Feedback
Abstract
This study looks at how four L2 students engage with adjudicators' feedback in English debate tournaments. Data was collected from two sources: classroom observation and retrospective interview. The findings of the study indicate that in different phases of the engagement process the four participants experienced a myriad of problems in listening comprehension, knowledge construction, interpretation of assessment criteria and application of feedback, but they were not offered much help to address the problems. It is suggested that student engagement with teacher feedback in EFL/ESL context is a complicated process that both individual and contextual factors come into play, and more scaffolding needs to be provided to facilitate student engagement with teacher feedback.
Biographicals
Victor Zhe Zhang is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests include SLA, L2 writing, and writing assessment.
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