Importance Of Feedback In Language

Furnborough and Truman (2009) stated that feedback fills the gaps between learners’ knowledge and target language competence. Dorney (1994) postulated that feedback is “a process, which carries a clear message about the teacher’s priorities and is reflected in the students’ motivation”. As Chastain (1988) states, the type of feedback teachers provide to students shows whether they view language as a grammatical system or as a communicative system. Feedback on language forms pushes students to focus their attention on forms, and the feedback on meaning will lead students to focus on communication.
Feedback has many beneficial effects on developing learners’ skills, especially oral skills and speaking. Feedback benefits the learners in that it helps them find the gaps between their interlanguage and the target language. Brookhart(2008) believed that providing feedback reveals the way students are learning and shows how successful students can be to correct their mistakes and makes them aware of their strengths and weaknesses. She distinguished two main purposes for corrective feedback: helping learners to realize their learning capacity and motivating them to control their …show more content…
To learn a second language properly and be involved in interaction, learners should receive feedback in speaking skill in order to avoid internalizing the errors in their interlanguage system and be able to communicate effectively. Also Irons (2008) stated that corrective feedback could lead learners to develop their thinking, and it is a very important part of the learning process. If teachers find the best way to provide the learners with the most constructive feedback types for them, their learning will improve (Irons, 2008). Inappropriate feedback can hinder learning and has negative effects on learning process so teachers should be careful about use of corrective