TY - JOUR ID - 13527 TI - The Effect of Type of Corrective Feedback (Direct vs. Indirect) on Iranian Pre-Intermediate EFL Learners' Writing JO - Journal of Applied Linguistics and Applied Literature: Dynamics and Advances JA - JALDA LA - en SN - 2820-8986 AU - Sadeghi, Karim AU - Abolfazli Khonbi, Zainab AU - Gheytaranzadeh, Fatemeh AD - Associate professor of TESOL, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran AD - Department of English, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran Y1 - 2013 PY - 2013 VL - 1 IS - 2 SP - 71 EP - 86 KW - Direct corrective feedback KW - Indirect corrective feedback KW - Form-focused feedback KW - Iranian EFL Learners DO - 10.22049/jalda.2013.13527 N2 -   This study investigated the effect of gender and type of written corrective feedback (WCF) on Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners’ writing. Four intact classes were assigned to experimental and two intact classes to control groups. The learners were homogenized using a pre-test which was followed by sixteen sessions lasting one hour and forty five minutes. After receiving instruction on how to write a standard short essay, while the participants in the experimental group one (n = 36) received Direct Corrective Feedback and the participants in the experimental group two (n = 33) received Indirect Corrective Feedback, the learners in the control group (n = 38) received no feedback on their writing except for an overall grade. The statistical analysis tools of t-test and two-way ANOVA on the post-test and a final exam, were used to check whether there were any significant differences in the participants' writing ability. Statistically significant differences were found between control and experimental groups on the dependent variable of writing ability. The students who received direct WCF performed significantly better than those who received indirect WCF and those in control groups, gender had also a significant impact on the learners' writing ability with females performing better than males. UR - http://jalda.azaruniv.ac.ir/article_13527.html L1 - http://jalda.azaruniv.ac.ir/article_13527_2fd5c2ad4c45d3e6a744b2ced89e3cbb.pdf ER -