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Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol.2, no.3, pp.143-171, 2009 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
The main concern of this study was to identify
the feedback provision techniques used while teaching English to foreign
language learners and also to find out their preferences as regards these techniques
of feedback. The study also compared the perceptions of teachers and students
in terms of feedback provided in classroom language teaching and learning. Data
used in the study came from two different sources: a questionnaire designed to
assess students' evaluation of the quality and quantity of the feedback offered
to them besides teachers' evaluation of the feedback they give to the students
and a focus group activity conducted with a small group of students (i.e. 12
students) and lecturers (i.e. 6 lecturers). The questionnaire was administered
to 102 students attending the Department of English Language and Literature at
a university in Turkey and 24 lecturers. The results obtained from the
questionnaire showed that although learners received feedback, it was
restricted. The answers in the focus group activity supported the main findings
of the questionnaire and implied that students were not given sufficient and
appropriate feedback.