Papers by Danielle Guénette
This study explored the emerging corrective feedback (CF) practices of a group of 18 pre-service ... more This study explored the emerging corrective feedback (CF) practices of a group of 18 pre-service English as a second language (ESL) teachers. Serving as tutors to a group of 61 high school ESL learners during a school semester, the pre-service teachers provided CF on texts written by the learners and exchanged via e-mail. The authors analyzed the types of CF they used and the types of errors they chose to focus on, along with the factors that explained their choices. Quantitative analyses of the frequency distribution of CF types relative to error types and qualitative analyses of data collected through journals and interviews confirmed that, similar to their in-service colleagues, pre-service teachers overused direct corrections at the expense of more indirect CF strategies. Drawing on the challenges faced by the preservice teachers, the authors highlight the importance of implementing such
opportunities for pre-service teachers to engage with and reflect on their emerging CF practices.
Should we correct our students' language errors? Most ESL teachers would answer this question wit... more Should we correct our students' language errors? Most ESL teachers would answer this question with a resounding Yes while at the same time wondering how to meet the challenge. The collaborative project reported below was designed to provide ESL teacher trainees with an opportunity to experience the ups and downs of providing corrective feedback on writing and develop their awareness in this regard. To this end, the teacher trainees acted as corrective-feedback tutors to high school learners during one school semester. During the course of the project, they kept journals documenting their reflections in regard to this demanding pedagogical practice. Time constraints, motivation, and fear of making mistakes themselves or of not providing adequate guidance to the learners were among the major hurdles encountered by the tutors. In interviews conducted at the end of the project, the tutors offered suggestions for overcoming these difficulties and surviving the corrective-feedback trials and tribulations. The survival tips presented were drawn from the tutors' recommendations as well as from insights from corrective-feedback research.
IL Y A TROIS ANS, Dominique Fortier joignait l'équipe de l'Amélioration du français au CCDMD et d... more IL Y A TROIS ANS, Dominique Fortier joignait l'équipe de l'Amélioration du français au CCDMD et devenait responsable de Correspondance. Depuis, le bulletin a embelli, s'est enrichi de nouvelles chroniques, a pris de la substance. Consolidant les liens avec l'ordre universitaire et la francophonie tout en traitant de sujets chauds au collégial, Dominique a assuré une direction rigoureuse et originale qui fera date. Dans les trois volumes édités par ses soins, l'enseignement du français langue seconde (FLS) et la valorisation de l'écrit dans toutes les disciplines ont occupé une place privilégiée. Le présent numéro, qu'elle a planifié avant de se consacrer à temps plein au développement des ressources au CCDMD, conserve cette double orientation, qui s'articule ici en cinq thèmes. C'est un honneur pour moi de prendre de nouveau le relais à la direction du bulletin et je félicite Dominique, en notre nom à tous, pour son remarquable travail.
Journal of Second Language Writing, 2007
The debate continues between those who believe in giving corrective feedback to students to impro... more The debate continues between those who believe in giving corrective feedback to students to improve their written accuracy and those who do not. Indeed, the results of the many experimental studies on written corrective feedback carried out over the last 20 years have been so contradictory that second language teachers looking to support their pedagogical choice to correct, or not correct, the grammar of their students' written production are left in the midst of controversy. In this article, I examine these studies from a different perspective. Rather than interpret the conflicting results as a demonstration of the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of corrective feedback on form, I suggest that findings can be attributed to the research design and methodology, as well as to the presence of external variables that were beyond the control and vigilance of the researchers. # Should teachers spend hours correcting their students' written productions? This is a fundamental question for second language teachers who are trying to help their students develop fluency and accuracy in their second language.
Canadian Modern Language Review-revue Canadienne Des Langues Vivantes, 2010
Cette étude a comme objectif d'explorer la nature des interactions entre les croyances, les prati... more Cette étude a comme objectif d'explorer la nature des interactions entre les croyances, les pratiques et les perceptions des pratiques de rétroaction corrective à l'écrit de futurs enseignants d'anglais langue seconde (n ¼ 15). Afin de mesurer la congruence entre ces trois pô les, les stratégies de rétroaction corrective utilisées par les participants dans leurs échanges avec des élèves du secondaire ont été recensées puis comparées aux données recueillies par le biais de questionnaires sur les croyances, de journaux de bord, et d'entretiens semi-dirigés. Conformément aux résultats des recherches en cognition des enseignants, cette étude a révélé une inadéquation entre les croyances et les pratiques de rétroaction corrective des futurs enseignants, ainsi que des contradictions entre leurs pratiques et leurs perceptions de ces pratiques. Ce paradoxe est attribué à un choc entre les croyances affectives et empiriques provenant de réalités distinctes et parallèles que les enseignants doivent apprendre à contrebalancer.
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Papers by Danielle Guénette
opportunities for pre-service teachers to engage with and reflect on their emerging CF practices.
opportunities for pre-service teachers to engage with and reflect on their emerging CF practices.