An Investigation of Oral Corrective Feedback in an ESL Listening and Speaking Class

Abstract

The ability of listening and speaking has been playing an essential role in helping English as a Second Language (ESL) students in terms of academic performance and mental well-being. Oral corrective feedback (CF) provided by ESL teachers is important in the improvement of students’ listening and speaking ability. However, conflicting results exist about the frequency of oral CF used by ESL teachers. The present paper focuses on the frequency of oral CF used by a teacher in a university ESL listening and speaking class. The results show that there are 13 types of oral CF in a total of 154 turns of interactions between the teacher and the students.