The Relationship Between Instructor Feedback and ESL Student Anxiety

  • Di Loreto S
  • McDonough K
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Abstract

This correlational study, conducted in intermediate English as a second language (ESL) high school classes in Quebec, investigated the relationship between in- structor feedback and student anxiety. The participants were 53 ESL students in their last year of secondary school who were required to take an integrative- writing exam as part of their graduation requirements. Throughout a 5-month pe- riod, students took 2 practice integrative-writing tests, received written corrective feedback, and completed 5 questionnaires about their language learning anxiety, L2 writing anxiety, and perceptions about instructor feedback. The results showed a significant negative correlation between students’ perceptions of feedback and test anxiety. The findings indicated that students with more positive perceptions of instructor feedback had lower anxiety.Cette étude corrélationnelle, qui a eu lieu dans des classes d’ALS au secondaire au Québec, a porté sur le rapport entre la rétroaction de la part de l’enseignant et l’anxiété chez les élèves. Les participants, 53 élèves d’ALS en secondaire 5, devaient passer un examen de synthèse portant sur la rédaction de sorte à répon- dre aux exigences d’obtention de leur diplôme. Au cours d’une période de 5 mois, les élèves ont écrit 2 examens de synthèse de pratique, ont reçu de la rétroaction corrective par écrit et ont complété cinq questionnaires portant, d’une part, sur leur anxiété face à l’apprentissage d’une langue et la rédaction en L2 et, d’autre part, sur leurs perceptions de la rétroaction par l’enseignant. Les résultats in- diquent que les élèves ayant des perceptions plus positives de la rétroaction de l’enseignant souffraient moins d’anxiété.

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Di Loreto, S., & McDonough, K. (2014). The Relationship Between Instructor Feedback and ESL Student Anxiety. TESL Canada Journal, 31(1), 20. https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v31i1.1165

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