Appendix A: Definitions and example of CF strategies
Corrective feedback strategyDefinitionExample1. RecastThe corrector incorporatesthe content words of theimmediately precedingincorrect utterance andchanges and corrects theutterance in some way(e.g. phonological,syntactic, morphologicalor lexical) (Braidi 2002).L: I went there two times.T: You’ve been. You’ve been there twice as agroup?2. RepetitionThe corrector repeats thelearner utterancehighlighting the error bymeans of emphatic stress.L: I will showed you.T: I will SHOWED you.L: I’ll show you.3. Clarification requestThe corrector indicatesthat he/she has notunderstood what thelearner said.L: What do you spend withyour wife?T: What?4. Explicit correctionThe corrector indicates anerror has been committed,identifies the error and provides the correction.L: On May.T: Not on May, In May.We say “It will start inMay”5. ElicitationThe corrector repeats partof the learner utterance butnot the erroneous part anduses rising intonation tosignal the learner shouldcomplete it.L: I’ll come if it will notrain.T: I’ll come if it ……?6. Paralinguistic signalThe corrector uses agesture or facialexpression to indicate thatthe learner has made anerror.L: Yesterday I go cinema.T: (gestures with rightforefinger over leftshoulder to indicate past). _______________________________________________________________________________
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