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THE CASE AGAINST THE CASE AGAINST RECASTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2013

Jaemyung Goo  and
Alison Mackey
Jaemyung Goo
Affiliation:
Gwangju National University of Education
Alison Mackey
Affiliation:
Georgetown University
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Abstract

In the previous 20 years, more than 60 studies have been carried out within the input and interaction approach to SLA (Long, 2007; Mackey 2012), many of which have found positive associations between different types of recasts and the learning of a range of linguistic forms for a number of different second languages (L2s), in different learning contexts, with adults and with children. However, the following claims also appear: (a) recasts are not effective, (b) recasts are effective only in laboratories and not in classrooms, and (c) other types of feedback are more effective when compared with recasts. We demonstrate important methodological and interpretative problems in the small number of studies on which these negative claims are based, including issues with (a) modified output opportunities, (b) single-versus-multiple comparisons, (c) form-focused instruction, (d) prior knowledge, and (e) out-of-experiment exposure. We conclude by suggesting that making a case against recasts is neither convincing nor useful for advancing the field and that more triangulated approaches to research on all types of corrective feedback, employing varied and rigorous methodological designs, are necessary to further our understanding of the role of corrective feedback in L2 learning.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , March 2013 , pp. 127 - 165
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