خلاصة:
This study aimed at investigating the effects of grammatical error correction on EFL learners’ accuracy. Twenty-two male and female senior students were chosen randomly to respond to a questionnaire investigating their beliefs about immediate grammatical error correction. Actually, the study was conducted in order to answer this question: what is the effect of grammatical error feedback on students’ accuracy? The obtained results related to the questionnaire revealed that immediate error correction had a positive effect and thus enhanced the learners’ accuracy.
ملخص الجهاز:
Actually, the study was conducted in order to answer this question: what is the effect of grammatical error feedback on students’ accuracy?
Nevertheless, the process of teaching and learning does not guarantee that all learners are expected to produce grammatical sentences, so the role of the teachers, here, is to respond and give immediate feedback.
To begin with, correcting learners’ grammatical errors with little delay have a great impact in developing the accuracy and fluency of EFL learners at intermediate level (Rahimi & Dastjerdi, 2012).
The repetition, by the teacher, of the correct form of the erroneous grammatical utterance, by the participants, may enhance their accuracy depending on Bei’s (2013) study.
Research Question This study aimed to answer the following question: Does immediate grammatical error correction enhance EFL learners’ accuracy?
All the participants agreed that immediate grammatical error correction has a positive effect on their accuracy.
Although immediate grammatical error feedback is crucial, the participants agree that it may distract the attention from more much important issues (item 10), which may contradict with the idea of error correction at all.
Because of this, the twenty-two participants of this study like to be immediately corrected when they make a grammatical mistake though the concentration is shifted from accuracy to fluency.
Regardless to the error correction provider, participants do need immediate grammar feedback, as they responded to item 1, 3, 14 and 16.
Oladejo’s (1993) participants responded to his questionnaire as "it is necessary to correct their errors in English in order to enhance their fluency and accuracy in the language".