AGM + [Webinar] L2 Writing Teacher Feedback Literacy

Time:  5:45pm-6:00pm (AGM); 6:00pm-7:00pm (webinar)

Link to the Zoom meeting: https://hkbu.zoom.us/j/98790540874

(Meeting ID: 987 9054 0874)

Despite a plethora of research on feedback in L2 writing that generates no shortage of feedback advice in the literature, many teachers still find responding to writing a taxing and frustrating task. This could be due to practical constraints like large class sizes and heavy workload, but it is also possible that teachers lack the literacy to make their feedback practices fit for purpose. In recent years, there has been a significant rise in awareness of the critical role of language assessment literacy and writing assessment literacy, but not much has been written about feedback literacy. In this presentation, I first unpack the notion of writing teacher feedback literacy by examining the competencies that L2 writing teachers need to acquire in order to be feedback literate. After outlining these feedback competencies, I illustrate how…