MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
	QUY NHON UNIVERSITY 
	NGUYEN THI HOAI AN
	STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION
	ON TEACHER’S USE OF ORAL CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK
	IN SPEAKING CLASSES IN QUY NHON UNIVERSITY
	Field: Theory and Methodology of English Language Teaching
	Code: 8140111
	Supervisor:    o   P of  D   Ng  ễn Thị Th  Hiền 
	BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO 
	TRƢỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUY NHƠN 
	NGUYỄN THỊ HOÀI AN
	NHẬN THỨC CỦA HỌC SINH
	VỀ HÌNH THỨC PHẢN HỒI LỖI CỦA GIÁO VIÊN
	TRONG LỚP HỌC NÓI 
	TẠI TRƢỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUY NHƠN
	Chuyên ngành: Lý Luận và Phƣơng Pháp dạy học bộ môn Tiếng Anh
	Mã số:  8140111
	Ngƣời hƣớng dẫn  PGS TS  Ng  ễn Thị Th  Hiền  
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	STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP
	I  hereby  certify  that  the  thesis  entitled  “STUDENTS’  PERCEPTION  ON 
	TEACHER’S  USE  OF  ORAL  CORRECTIVE  FEEDBACK  IN 
	SPEAKING  CLASSES  IN  QUY  NHON  UNIVERSITY”  is  the  result  of 
	my  research  for  the  Degree  of  Master  of  Art.  This  thesis  has  not  been 
	submitted for any degree at any other university or tertiary institution . To the 
	best of my knowledge, the thesis contains no material previously published or 
	written  by  other  people  except  where  the  references  are  made  in  the  thesis 
	itself.
	Author’s signature 
	Nguyễn Thị Hoài An
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	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	This  study  would  not  have  taken  its  final  shape  without  significant 
	support  and  efforts  from  many  people  who  worked  diligently  to  assist  me, 
	believed in me and encouraged me to pursue the final goal. I would like to 
	take  this  opportunity  to  acknowledge  my  sincere  gratitude  to  all  those 
	concerned.
	My wholehearted appreciation goes to my supervisor, Assoc. Prof. Dr. 
	Nguyen  Thi  Thu  Hien  for  her  patience,  invaluable  guidance,  support  and 
	sincere  advice  throughout  the  years  of  academic  work.  Her  thorough  and 
	immediate feedback, profound insights, professional support, dedication and 
	devotion have given me admiration and motivation to complete my research.
	I would also like to extend my sincere gratitude to teachers, lecturers 
	and  professors  of  Quy  Nhon  University  for  patiently  and  wholeheartedly 
	providing me with precious knowledge and guiding me through the process 
	required to complete my program of study.
	I also gratefully acknowledge  participant teachers and students at Quy 
	Nhon university for their helpful contribution and co-operation in this study.
	A  special  mention  goes  to  my  best  friends  and  colleagues  whose 
	understanding,  sympathy,  and  support  were  invaluable  spiritual  strength  for 
	me during the process of completing this work. 
	Last but not least, I owe a great debt to my parents who give me advice, 
	unconditional love and support that have providing me with encouragement to 
	further my learning and fulfil my dual responsibility throughout my walks of 
	life.
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	ABSTRACT
	Oral corrective feedback  (OCF) which is one of the central themes in 
	second  language  (L2)  pedagogy  and  research  in  applied  linguistics  and  L2
	acquisition has received growing interest for the past two decades. However, 
	little research has been done with respect to students’  perception and teachers’ 
	practice of providing  OCF  in the context of English as a Foreign Language 
	(EFL) teaching and learning in Vietnam. The current study extends this line 
	of research by investigating the tertiary Vietnamese EFL students’ perception 
	concerning  the  importance,  types,  timing  and  target  of  OCF  and  exp loring 
	how the teachers practice giving OCF in speaking classes. The data consisted 
	of  questionnaires  with  127  students,  interviews  with  15  of  those  who 
	completed  the  questionnaires,  and  17  classroom  observations  of  3  EFL 
	teachers  at  a  university  in  Vietnam.  The  findings  disclosed  that  students 
	endorsed the benefit of OCF and desire to be corrected when making errors. 
	Regarding feedback timing, the students preferred feedback delayed until they 
	finish  speaking.  In  addition,  frequency  and  seriousness  are  two  factors  that 
	need  to  be  considered  to  decide  which  error  should  be  treated.  Explicit 
	feedback was the most favored technique, while paralinguistic was not highly 
	valued. With regard to teachers’ practice, explicit feedback was also the most 
	frequently used, followed by recast. Hopefully, the findings of the study have 
	provided  an  insightful  understanding  of  how  OCF  is  perceived  by  students 
	and teachers’ actual practices in the tertiary settings in Vietnam. From these 
	empirical  findings,  relevant  implications  are  suggested  for  better  OCF 
	provision to improve students’ speaking skill.
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	TABLE OF CONTENTS
	STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP ...................................................................  i
	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  ..............................................................................  ii
	ABSTRACT  .....................................................................................................  iii
	TABLE OF CONTENTS  .................................................................................  iv
	LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS  ..........................................................................  vi
	LIST OF TABLES  ..........................................................................................  vii
	CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION  .....................................................................  1
	1.2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES  ...................................................................  3
	1.2.1. Aims  ................................................................................................  3
	1.2.2. Objectives  ........................................................................................  3
	1.3. RESEARCH QUESTIONS....................................................................  3
	1.4. SCOPE OF THE STUDY  ......................................................................  4
	1.5. METHOD OF THE STUDY  ...............  Error! Bookmark not defined.
	1.6. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY  .......................................................  4
	1.7. ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY  ....................................................  4
	CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW  ..........................................................  6
	2.1. STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION  .................................................................  6
	2.2. LANGUAGE ERRORS  .........................................................................  7
	2.3. OVERVIEW OF ORAL CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK  ........................  9
	2.3.1. Definition of feedback  ....................................................................  9
	2.3.2. Oral corrective feedback  ...............................................................  10
	2.4. PREVIOUS STUDIES RELEVANT TO THE PRESENT STUDY  ..  19
	2.4.1. Studies on teachers’ practice of oral corrective feedback  ............  19
	2.4.2. Studies on students’ perception of oral corrective feedback  ........  21
	2.5. CHAPTER SUMMARY  ......................................................................  25
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	CHAPTER 3. METHODOLOGY  ..................................................................  27
	3.1. RESEARCH DESIGN  .........................................................................  27
	3.2. RESEARCH SETTING  .......................................................................  28
	3.3. RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS ...........................................................  29
	3.4. RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS  ............................................................  30
	3.4.1. Observation  ...................................................................................  31
	3.4.2. Questionnaire  ................................................................................  32
	3.4.3. Semi-structured interview  .............................................................  33
	3.5. DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE  ................................................  34
	3.6. DATA ANALYSIS PROCEDURE  .....................................................  36
	3.7. RESEARCH RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY  .................................  37
	3.8. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS  .........................................................  37
	3.9. CHAPTER SUMMARY  ......................................................................  38
	CHAPTER 4. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ............................................  39
	4.1. FINDINGS  ...........................................................................................  39
	4.1.1. Teachers’ uses of oral corrective feedback  ...................................  39
	4.1.2. Students’ perception of oral corrective feedback  .........................  44
	4.2. DISCUSSION  ......................................................................................  60
	4.2.1. Teachers’ uses of oral corrective feedback  ...................................  60
	4.2.2. Students’ perception of oral corrective feedback  .........................  63
	4.3. SUMMARY  .........................................................................................  67
	CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSION  ........................................................................  68
	5.1. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS  ......................................................  68
	5.2.PEDAGOGICAL  IMPLICATIONS  FOR  TEACHING  AND 
	LEARNING PROCESS  ..............................................................................  70
	5.3. LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY  .......................................................  70
	5.4. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER WORK............................  71
	REFERENCES  ................................................................................................  73
	APPENDICES 
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	LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
	CF    Corrective Feedback
	EFL    English as a Foreign Language
	L2    Second Language
	OCF    Oral Corrective Feedback
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	LIST OF TABLES
	Table 2.1. Classifications of OCF ( Ranta and Lyster, 2007)  .........................  14
	Table 2.2. A taxonomy of OCF strategies (Sheen and Ellis, 2001, p. 594)....  18
	Table 4.1. Number of observed OCF moves  ..................................................  40
	Table 4.2. Frequency of OCF types  ................................................................  40
	Table 4.3. Students’ perception of the role of OCF  ........................................  45
	Table 4.4. Students’ preferences for OCF timing  ...........................................  48
	Table 4.5. Preferences for the Frequency of Correction for Different Types of 
	Spoken Errors  ....................................................................................  52
	Table 4.6. Students’ preferences for types of OCF  ........................................  54