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Introduction - Corrective Feedback in Second Language Teaching and Learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2021

By
Hossein Nassaji  and
Eva Kartchava
Edited by
Hossein Nassaji  and
Eva Kartchava
Hossein Nassaji
Affiliation:
University of Victoria, British Columbia
Eva Kartchava
Affiliation:
Carleton University, Ottawa
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Summary

This chapter outlines the rationale for the volume as well as its scope and structure. The theoretical and empirical bases for the study of corrective feedback as well as ways to employ corrective feedback in second language instruction are presented first followed by the aims of the book, its target audience, and a description of the book’s structure and content.

Keywords

Corrective feedbacktheoretical perspectivesmethodological approachessecond language acquisitionlanguage skillsperceptions/beliefsindividual differencestaskcontextsecond language teachingsecond language learning
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The Cambridge Handbook of Corrective Feedback in Second Language Learning and Teaching , pp. 1 - 20
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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