Student preferences vis-à-vis teacher feedback in university EFL writing classes in Japan

System

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 333-343

  Elwood, James A ^a   Bode, Jeroen ^b  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Affective reactions to feedback; Feedback color; Feedback utilization; Student preferences; Writing feedback; Writing revision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893101208     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2013.12.023     Document Type: Article

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