[Seminar] Towards Broader Conceptions of Feedback by Prof. David Carless
Thu, Nov 07
|Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Refreshments Served. All are Welcome with Limited Seats Available. Prof. David Carless, Social Contexts and Policies in Education (SCAPE), Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong
Time & Location
Nov 07, 2019, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Hong Kong Polytechnic University , AG 304, Hong Kong Polytechnice University
About the Event
Written corrective feedback in applied linguistics is largely based on an old paradigm of teacher transmission of information with little regard for students’ goals, interests or motivations. This approach is bound to remain a poor investment of teacher resources. Applied linguistics research and practice might make better use of insights from its parent discipline of education.
Drawing on material from our recent book (Winstone & Carless, 2019), I elaborate on the rationale for a new paradigm of feedback processes involving students in generating, seeking and using feedback. I illustrate some possibilities through the discussion of training and coaching students in carrying out peer feedback in an English writing course at a university in Taiwan. A key insight relates to the mutual development of teacher and student feedback literacy.
Professor David Carless is the Head of Social Contexts and Policies in Education (SCAPE) at the Faculty of Education, University of Hong…