A Case study: Comparison between peer and teacher written corrective feedback and its effects on students written production

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Abstract:This research that is titled Comparison between peer and teacher written corrective feedback and its effects on students written production has as aim to identify and describe the effects of teacher and peer written feedback in EFL undergraduate students on their writing assignments. This study conducted in a university in the South of Ecuador, had 17 undergraduate students as participants. They were enrolled in the subject English language: Reading and Writing III. This is a case study and quantitative and qualitative methods were used. Pre and post- written tests were applied to establish students strengths and weaknesses when writing texts after receiving teacher and peer feedback; aditiionally,a rubric was used as tool to grade each written production considering the parameters of: organization, vocabulary, discourse control and mechanics. Likewise, pre and post questionnaires were applied to know students perceptions about feedback practice. The main conclusion is that teacher and peer written feedback had a positive effect on undergraduate students´ writing skills. This was evidenced in the improvement in the writing test taken by students.