Peer Feedback in IELTS Academic Writing Task 1

Authors

Nguyen Thi Trung
Department of Foreign Languages, Quang Nam University, Vietnam

Synopsis

Peer feedback is viewed as an effective activity in foreign language teaching and learning that allows students to receive more feedback on their writing performance for improvement. This study was carried out to investigate the second- year English majored students’ attitudes towards giving and receiving peer feedback as well as their evaluation of peer feedback in IELTS Academic writing Task 1. Questionnaires were used to collect the data. The findings obtained from the questionnaires showed that the English sophomores faced a lot of difficulties in giving and receiving peer feedback in IELTS academic writing Task 1 in terms of four criteria although all students were well aware of the significant role of peer feedback in developing their writing skills. From the findings, it is recommended that teachers should provide students with adequate training and practice while deploying peer feedback activities in IELTS academic writing teaching so that students can benefit a great deal from peer feedback in their writing production enhancement.

LTAL2023
Published
June 17, 2023
Online ISSN
2582-3922