Reexamining feedback in the context of different rhetorical patterns of writing

• Published in: Language Testing in Asia Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 4 - 21
• Main Author: AL Harrasi, Kothar Talib Sulaiman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 26.01.2023; Springer; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Academic writing; Acculturation; Alignment (Education); Assessment; Beliefs; Classroom communication; College Science; Communication; Communication (Thought Transfer); Course Objectives; Education; Educational Assessment; Error Patterns; Essays; Feedback; Feedback (Response); Influence of Technology; Intellectual Disciplines; Interdisciplinary subjects; Language; Language Education; Language Tests; Linguistic features; Linguistics; Literary Genres; Meta Analysis; Organizational structures; Pattern Recognition; Researchers; Rhetoric; Rhetorical patterns; Student Reaction; Student response to feedback; Students; Syntax; Teacher practices of feedback; Teachers; Testing and Evaluation; Writing; Writing Attitudes; Writing Evaluation; Writing instruction; Writing Processes; Teacher practices of feedback; Student response to feedback; Rhetorical patterns; Linguistic features; Academic writing; Organizational structures; Written corrective feedback

Drawing upon research on the ways texts work as communication across different disciplines, this study investigated teacher and student feedback practices on three different patterns of writing: comparison-contrast essays, opinion essays, and cause-and-effect essays. The data were collected through...