International Journal of
English and Literature

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. English Lit.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2626
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJEL
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 277

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A comparative study of the effectiveness of direct feedback and indirect feedback methods for Urdu EFL learners’ writings

Saeed Ahmad*
  • Saeed Ahmad*
  • Department of English, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
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Mehmood Ul Hassan
  • Mehmood Ul Hassan
  • Department of English at the University of Lahore Pakpattan Campus, Pakistan
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Muhammad Babar Qureshi
  • Muhammad Babar Qureshi
  • English Language Lecturer, Buraydah Private Colleges, Buraydah, Al-Qassim Saudi Arabia.
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Maryam Imtiaz Qurashi
  • Maryam Imtiaz Qurashi
  • Department of English Language and Translation, Buraydah Private Colleges, Buraydah, Al-Qassim Saudi Arabia.
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  •  Received: 10 November 2014
  •  Accepted: 01 June 2015
  •  Published: 31 July 2015

Abstract

The current study is designed to find the comparative effects of direct feedback method and indirect feedback method of error treatment on Urdu EFL learners’ writings at intermediate level. To find out the comparative results about these two treatment methods, 46 students having Urdu as their mother tongue were divided into two groups. Errors in writings of one group were treated by direct feedback method while indirect feedback method was adopted to treat the errors of the other group. Repeated measure experimental research design was used to find the accuracy in students’ writings. The study revealed that both methods helped the students to decrease the errors and created accuracy over the time but direct feedback method yielded better results in comparison to indirect feedback group. Comparative effects of two methods on error categories showed that for verb errors, article errors and sentence structure errors direct feedback method was more helpful. While for noun ending errors, wrong word errors, indirect feedback method of error treatment was more useful.

Key words: Comparative study, effectiveness, feedback, EFL learners, writings.

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