This book examines current advances in the role of interactional feedback in second language (L2) teaching and learning. Drawing on recent theory and research in both classroom and laboratory contexts, the book explores a wide range of issues regarding interactional feedback and their relevance for both theory and practice, including how interactional feedback is used, processed, and contributes to L2 acquisition. This book will provide a useful resource for applied linguistics students and academics as well as language teachers and teacher educators who would like to gain insight into the role of interactional feedback and how it can be used as a means of integrating form and meaning in classroom contexts.
Hossein Nassaji, Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Victoria, Canada
Series Editor ForewordPrefaceIntroduction1. Review of key conceptsPart 1. Theoretical underpinnings2. The role of corrective feedback: Theoretical and pedagogical perspectives3. Interactional feedback: Types and subtypes4. How does interactional feedback assist language acquisition?Part 2. Researching interactional feedback5. Feedback provision and learner uptake: Descriptive research6. Feedback effects on learning: Experimental and other pretest-posttest studies7. Comparative studies of interactional feedbackPart 3. Factors affecting interactional feedback8. Factors affecting the provision and usefulness of interactional feedback9. Perception and interpretation of feedbackPart 4. Linking theory, research, and practice10. Conclusions, implications, and pedagogical recommendationsReferencesIndex
The high quality of the present book resides in several factors that go beyond its mere content ... We here have a publication at hand that shows readers the high complexity of giving feedback in second and foreign language teaching. One of its merits is that it gives readers invaluable advice where this is possible ... An important textbook for (under)graduate courses in SLA and Applied Linguistics.