چکیده

For over two decades, the contexts of second and foreign language acquisition have witnessed debates over the effectiveness of corrective feedback (CF) also known as ‘grammar correction’ on writing accuracy (Ferris, 1999; Truscott, 1996). More recent research has widened this scope to include a focus on fluency and content-focused CF (e.g., Ene & Upton, 2018; Goldstein, 2016). In this line, this study was conducted with 38 EFL learners, with proficiency levels ranging from lower-intermediate to higher intermediate, who had enrolled in a Paragraph Writing course at a university. In two intact classes, the learners took a writing pre-test before the start of the study and wrote six academic paragraphs throughout a sixteen-week semester. The classes were randomly assigned to two different feedback types: negotiated or nonnegotiated content-focused CF. In the case of negotiated CF, the teacher and the learners participated in one-to-one meetings which involved discussions on paragraphs’ content guided via Aljaafreh and Lantolf’s (1994) regulatory scale. In nonnegotiated CF group, the teacher provided marginal and end comments on the paragraphs’ content. The learners revised their paragraphs using the feedback they had received (short-term effect). At the end of the semester, the immediate post-test was administered (long-term effect). The paragraphs were scored by two raters based on Ashwell’s (2000) content scoring guide. The ANOVA analysis indicated that negotiated CF group had more significant short-term and long-term improvements in their writing fluency. Semi-structured post-study interviews also revealed that learners had a more favorable attitude towards negotiated CF. The findings are discussed and implications for wiring instructors are given.

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corrective feedback, negotiated feedback, nonnegotiated feedback, content-focused feedback, writing fluency

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