Exploring Provision of Oral Feedback During Classroom Interaction in Efl Class: Focus On Grade Twelve in East Shewa Zone
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2008-06
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Addis Ababa University
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This paper aim s to review how foreign language teachers provide oral feedback to
learners' errors . The ma in aim of t hi s stud y was to find out the types of errors are usual
corrected and the kinds of oral feedback teachers provide for learners during class room
interaction .Over the last three decades, the role that the provision of oral feedback played
in the foreign language learning has been highly a controversial issue. In the field of
foreign language learning, however, there growing consensus among the majority of the
researchers concerning the significance of error correction. Although the facilitation role
of the provision of oral fee back forenames' menorahs empirical support, the claim s
regarding its impact on foreign language learning has ye t to be fully or decisively
sub substantiated .In order to mouthiness e of the research forward , it is important to
examine the issue from the foreign language teaching literature.
Hawas Preparatory Government School grad twelve English language teachers were the
target of the study. As the number of the subjects is small all grade twelve English
language teachers were included in the study. To achieve the objectives se t, necessary
data were collectedly ugh classroom observation ,questionnaire and interview
The stud y showed that majority of the teachers found oral feedback as an important too l
to helplessness to ac hi eve a higher proficiency in foreign language . The investigation
indicated that teachers choose to give different kind s of oral feedback in different
occasion explicitly or implicitly. The intention of this study has also been to determine
what kind s of oral feedback enhance or undermines the chance for learners uptake .The
subjects have , among several factors stressed the importance of self correction, implicit
and delayed feedback as a means of building learners confidence and to fee l comfortable
in learning the foreign language at large.
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Oral Feedback During