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Investigating Types and Features of Teacher Feedback in High School English Class

Ying Zhang

Abstract


Teacher-verbal feedback represents a significant instructional behavior for students progress. The present study investigates the
types and features of the classroom feedback in the high school English classroom and a combination of video-observation and
questionnaire approach was applied to systematically identify the frequently-used types and investigate features of teacher feedback in the
six public high-quality demonstration classes. The results show that 15 feedback types and four frequently applied types, namely Positive Feedback, Elicitation and Repetition in single type, and positive Feedback &Repetition in mixed feedback. Moreover, the study also
reveals that frequency of specific feedback types is different from the two sub-categories and the usage of feedback is divergent among
teachers. The present study may provide insightful implication for teachers profession development and contributes to improve their
feedback during teaching.

Keywords


Teacher feedback; Feedback type; Feedback features

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v7i22.9703

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