فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

The present qualitative meta-synthetic study examines the effectiveness of written corrective feedback (WCF) studies published in six scholarly journals during a time-span of seven years. From 36 articles published about corrective feedback, 15 research studies, which directly focused on WCF, went through extensive review and qualitative content analysis to explore its efficiency in the field of Applied Linguistics. Thorough qualitative content analysis revealed four core themes: the multidimensionality of written corrective feedback, effectiveness of direct and indirect written corrective feedback, written languaging, and negotiability of written corrective feedback. It was found that WCF is multi-faceted, improves grammatical accuracy, fosters metalinguistic knowledge, helps learners to correct their errors during revision, and is negotiable between the teachers and the learners. The findings provided theoretical and practical implications for a reconsideration of WCF in the field of teaching English as a foreign language.