Accuracy in writing is one of the important characteristics of a good writer, which raises concerns about how to improve it and which type of feedback can effectively contribute to its development. This quasi-experimental ...

This paper, anchored in interlanguage pragmatics, studied the effects of individual differences such as language proficiency, gender, and age on the production of speech act of requests in institutional discourse. To this ...

This study explored teachers' practices and students' preferences regarding grammar-centered written corrective feedback (WCF) in an Iranian EFL context. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from 14 teachers ...

This study investigated the effect of first language (L1) metalinguistic comments on Iranian EFL learners' acquisition of third person /-s/ as measured by the learners' performance on a grammaticality judgment test. ...

This study explored the effect of timing of feedback (i.e., immediate vs. delayed) and learners' age (adolescent vs. adult) on the development of English regular past tense structure. Two intermediate classes of adolescent ...