FEATURE ARTICLE
The use of video feedback in teaching process-
approach EFL writing
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Ozkul
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| Deniz Ortac ßtepe
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1
Trakya University
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Bilkent University
This experimental study investigated the use of video
feedback as an alternative to feedback with correction
codes at an institution where the latter was commonly
used for teaching process-approach English as a foreign
language (EFL) writing. Over a 5-week period, the con-
trol and the experimental groups were provided with
feedback based on comments and correction codes and
video feedback, respectively, and the extent of feedback
incorporation was analyzed through descriptive and infer-
ential statistics. In addition, a questionnaire was adminis-
tered to the experimental group to explore their
perceptions of video feedback. The findings show that
teacher feedback delivered in the form of videos is more
effective than written feedback when EFL learners revise
their written work in process writing. The study confirms
that video feedback is more information-rich, and in
return results in more correction in learners’ subsequent
drafts. The findings imply that video feedback, because
of its features of conferencing and multimodality, is an
effective method of providing EFL learners with teacher
feedback and is therefore eligible for classroom practice
and for future research.
1 | INTRODUCTION
Teachers’ corrective feedback involves the process of responding to language learners’ written
work by explaining errors and offering formative ideas and constructive comments that they can
use to revise their papers for the following drafts (Ferris, 1997, 1999; Hyland & Hyland, 2006;
Johnson, 2008; Truscott, 2007). Computer technologies in that sense can offer ways for language
DOI: 10.1002/tesj.362
862 | © 2017 TESOL International Association wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/tesj TESOL Journal. 2017;8:862–877.