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4 - Corrective Feedback from a Sociocultural Perspective

from Part I - Theoretical Perspectives on Corrective Feedback

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2021

By
Hossein Nassaji
Edited by
Hossein Nassaji  and
Eva Kartchava
Hossein Nassaji
Affiliation:
University of Victoria, British Columbia
Eva Kartchava
Affiliation:
Carleton University, Ottawa
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Summary

This chapter examines the role of corrective feedback from a sociocultural perspective. Much of the theoretical argument for feedback and the role of negotiation has been within a cognitive or cognitive-interactionist approach. However, another theoretical framework for understanding the role of feedback comes from the Vygotskian sociocultural theory. This chapter begins with a discussion of this theoretical view, its underlying concepts, and their contributions to our understanding of the role of language, interaction, and the field of error correction. It then reviews corrective feedback research conducted within this framework. The studies reviewed include those that have examined various premises of the sociocultural theory as they relate to corrective feedback and also those that have compared feedback when conceptualized within a cognitive-interactionist perspective and feedback when conceptualized within a sociocultural perspective. The chapter concludes with implications of the issues discussed for effective corrective feedback practices in language classrooms.

Keywords

Sociocultural theoryInteractionZone of proximal developmentRegulationMediationScaffoldingNegotiated assistance
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The Cambridge Handbook of Corrective Feedback in Second Language Learning and Teaching , pp. 85 - 108
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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