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Practitioners respond to Icy Lee's ‘Teacher written corrective feedback: Less is more’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2020

Gerry McLellan
Gerry McLellan*
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Aichi University of Education, Nagoya, Japan
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Email: geraldmclellan@hotmail.com
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In her article, Icy Lee (2019, pp. 524–536) discusses the differences between comprehensive written corrective feedback (CWCF) and focused written corrective feedback (FWCF). She argues that teachers should concentrate more on focused feedback, and highlight and correct only a few grammar errors or issues with organisation, for example, instead of marking every single mistake made by a student. In this paper, I will critically analyse the points she makes and argue that her opinions, while valid in many respects, are not substantiated enough to persuade teachers to follow her lead.

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Pedagogical Implications
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Language Teaching , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , January 2021 , pp. 144 - 148
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