MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING QUY NHON UNIVERSITY NGUYEN THI THUY KIEU WRITTEN CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK: EFL HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES Field: Theory and Methodology of English Language Teaching Code: 8140111 Supervisor: Assoc. Nguyen Thi Thu Hien BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUY NHƠN NGUYỄN THỊ THÚY KIỀU PHẢN HỒI SỬA LỖI BÀI VIẾT: NHẬN THỨC VÀ THỰC HÀNH CỦA GIÁO VIÊN CẤP THPT Ngành: Lý Luận và Phương Pháp dạy học bộ môn Tiếng Anh Mã số: 8140111 Người hướng dẫn: PGS. Nguyễn Thị Thu Hiền i STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this master thesis and that I have not used any sources other than those listed in the bibliography and identified as references. I further declare that I have not submitted this thesis for any degree at any other university or tertiary institution.
Quy Nhon, 2023 Nguyễn Thị Thúy Kiều ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The completion of this thesis would not have been possible without the guidance and support of numerous people who devoted themselves to helping me, placed belief in me, and motivated me to pursue the ultimate goal. I would like to take this chance to express my sincere gratitude to all those involved. My most profound appreciation goes to my supervisor, Assoc. Nguyen Thi Thu Hien, for her time, effort, and understanding in helping me succeed during my academic work.
Her vast wisdom and wealth of experience have inspired me throughout my studies. I feel fortunate to have had her support my work. In addition, I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to the professors, lecturers, and instructors of Quy Nhon University for their thoughtful and patient support in imparting priceless knowledge and accompanying me with the steps fundamental to finishing my degree program. My sincere gratitude also goes out to the high school English teachers in central regions and central highland provinces for their helpful contribution and collaboration in this study.
I am also grateful to the school administrators and my colleagues at Tran Hung Dao High School, Mang Yang, Gia Lai for their sympathy and support during my study time. Last but not least, I am gratefully indebted to my family and friends who have accompanied me on this journey. Their unwavering support and encouragement throughout my course truly gave me strength and served as a fantastic source of inspiration. iii ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate two key issues: (1) teachers’ perceptions of their WCF practices and (2) their actual practices in a Vietnamese EFL context.
The data was collected from multiple sources including a questionnaire with 65 English high school teachers in central and central highland provinces in Vietnam, interviews with 10 of those who had completed the questionnaire before, and 937 WCF points detected from 150 students’ writing texts with teacher WCF. The findings of the study revealed that (1) the teachers’ perceptions regarding WCF provision were overwhelmingly favourable. They believed that WCF was essential for high school students’ EFL writing development and served multiple purposes. In terms of their self-reported practices of WCF, the teachers preferred selective over comprehensive WCF; they also favoured both direct and indirect feedback strategies, primarily focused on language forms when provided the students’ writing with correction feedback.
(2) As regards the teachers’ actual practices of WCF in their writing classrooms, they predominantly employed a comprehensive approach, and direct feedback strategy to give correction feedback mainly on language forms to the student’s writing errors. (3) A degree of congruence and incongruence between teachers’ perceptions and practices of WCF in certain areas were also discussed. This misalignment calls for professional training in teaching writing in general and addressing WCF in particular to ensure the effectiveness of WCF strategies employed by teachers. The results of this study also imply that the teachers and their students should cooperate to reach the ultimate goals of WCF.
Key terms: EFL teachers, error correction, teacher perceptions, teacher practices, Written Corrective Feedback iv TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP. iii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .vii LIST OF TABLES. viii LIST OF FIGURES. Aim and Objectives.
Scope of the Study. Significance of the Study .