The future of written corrective feedback research

ABSTRACT

The past few decades have witnessed a remarkable surge of research interest in written corrective feedback (WCF). Given its pivotal role in the writing classroom, WCF has remained one of the most vibrant and dynamic areas for scholarly investigations. The aim of this article is to chart future directions for WCF research. To do this, it first begins with a brief historical overview of WCF research. It then takes stock of existing WCF research, indicating its limitations, based on which several areas of research are recommended. Aligned with the mission of the journal, the proposed research areas are intended to strengthen the research-practice nexus and to improve learning and teaching in the writing classroom.

KEYWORDS:

• Feedback
• written corrective feedback
• writing

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Icy Lee

Icy Lee is Professor of Education (TESOL & Language Education) at the National Institute of Education in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her main research interests are second language writing and second language teacher education. She is former co-editor of the Journal of Second Language Writing and currently Principal Associate Editor of The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher and Co-editor of the International Journal of Christianity & English Language Teaching.