The impact of corrective feedback on paragraphs in IETLS writing task 2 a case study of vung tau high school students

` MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY MASTER’S THESIS OF TESOL THE IMPACT OF CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK ON PARAGRAPHS IN IETLS WRITING TASK 2 A CASE STUDY OF VUNG TAU HIGH SCHOOL ST[.]

` MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING BA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY MASTER’S THESIS OF TESOL THE IMPACT OF CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK ON PARAGRAPHS IN IETLS WRITING TASK 2: A CASE STUDY OF VUNG TAU HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Tran Thi Que Han Student’s code: 18114201 Supervisor: Dr Nguyen Hoang Tuan BA RIA – VUNG TAU, 2022 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAININGBA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY MASTER’S THESIS OF TESOL THE IMPACT OF CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK ON PARAGRAPHS IN IETLS WRITING TASK 2: A CASE STUDY OF VUNG TAU HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Tran Thi Que Han Student’s code: 18114201 Supervisor: D r Nguyen Hoang Tuan BA RIA – VUNG TAU, 2022 STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP I certify that the thesis “ The impact of corrective feedback on paragraphs in ietls writing task 2: A case study of Vung Tau High School students” is my work No other person’s work has been used without acknowledgment in the thesis This thesis has not been submitted for the award of any degree or diploma in any other tertiary institution Ba Ria – Vung Tau, August 2022 TRAN THI QUE HAN i RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS I, Tran Thi Que Han, being a candidate for the degree of Master of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages accept the requirement of the University relating to the retention and use of Master’s Theses deposited in the Library In terms of these conditions, I agree that the original of my Master’s Thesis deposited in the Library should be accessible for purposes of study and research, in accordance with the normal conditions established by the Librarian for the care, loan, and reproduction for theses Ba Ria – Vung Tau, August 2022 TRAN THI QUE HAN ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT My special thanks are due to all those who have made great contributions to my thesis completion First and foremost, I would like to express my profound gratitude to Dr Nguyen Hoang Tuan, my supervisor, for his valuable comments and suggestions during the whole research process His dynamism, enthusiasm, vision as well as his patience have deeply inspired me Without his support and guidance, this thesis would never have been completed Secondly, I am very grateful to the Postgraduate Institute of Ba Ria – Vung Tau University who have supported me much time to implement this thesis My sincere thanks also go to my friends and colleagues for all her help and encouragement I would like to thank the research participants who have contributed to this study Last but not least, I warmly thank my family for their countless support, greatest sympathy and unconditional love iii ABSTRACT This study focuses on giving corrective feedback (CF) for writing paragraphs in the context of IELTS writing task preparation The ultimate goal of this research was to discover the effectiveness of CF types and its positive impact to IETLS learners writing performance Two approaches to teaching paragraph writing were implemented to disentangle the common confusion of learners’ writing idea and position development By the aforementioned systematic methods, teacher could break down the structure and give learners feedback on each sentence Therefore, learners could be motivated in paragraph writing for IETLS writing task Qualitative case study method was used to identify learner’s writing errors It examined learners writing process from the very beginning of online studying IETLS writing Task Learners were taught to develop 23 paragraphs through two methods 115 convenience samplings were collected for content analysis In addition, interviews were conducted to evaluate learners’ attitude towards corrective feedback The findings indicated that learners appreciated corrective feedback and all of them achieved band 6.0+ for writing task Thanks to feedback treatment, their writing performance was improved in terms of task response, coherence and cohesion, accuracy and lexical resources The study results may be useful for teachers who teach IELTS writing task Keywords: Corrective feedback, IELTS Writing TASK 2, learners’ attitude, enumeration, REERR model iv TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP i RETENTION AND USE OF THE THESIS ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii ABSTRACT iv LIST OF CHARTS vii LIST OF TABLES viii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS ix CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study 1.2 Statement of the Problem 1.3 Objectives of The Study 1.4 Research questions 1.5 Scope of the Study 1.6 Significance of the Study 1.7 Structure of the Study CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Overview of IELTS Writing Task 2.2 Paragraph writing 2.3 Corrective Feedback 10 2.4 Language learning attitude 20 2.5 Related Studies 22 2.6 Conceptual framework 29 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 30 3.1 Research Design 30 3.2 Research site 30 3.3 Participants 31 3.4 Sampling 32 3.5 Research Instruments 32 3.6 Validity and Reliability 33 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION 34 4.1 Feedback treatment 34 4.2 Corrective feedback to IELTS writing task assessment criteria 40 v 4.3 Learners’ Attitudes towards Written Corrective Feedback 54 4.4 Summary 58 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS 60 5.1 Summary of the main findings 60 5.2 Implications 61 5.3 Limitations 62 5.4 Recommendations for Further Studies 62 REFERENCES 63 APPENDICES 71 vi LIST OF CHARTS Figure 2.6 Conceptual framework……………………………………………29 vii LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1: Summary of IELTS Writing Task assessment criteria Table 3.3: Learners’ overview 31 Table 2.2: Common coherence and cohesion mistakes 48 Table 2.3: Common lexical resources mistakes 50 Table 2.4: Common Grammatical mistakes 52 viii ...MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAININGBA RIA VUNG TAU UNIVERSITY MASTER’S THESIS OF TESOL THE IMPACT OF CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK ON PARAGRAPHS IN IETLS WRITING TASK 2: A CASE STUDY OF VUNG TAU HIGH SCHOOL. .. skills 2. 2 Paragraph writing A paragraph is a basic unit of organization in writing in which a group of sentences develops one main idea (Wang, 20 19) In academic writing, the goal of a paragraph... corrective feedback on writing paragraph organization in IETLS task 1 .2 Statement of the Problem The aim of giving learners corrective feedback on learners’ writing is to help them realize the errors