Table 4 Participants’ opinions on teachers’ error correction priority
If there are many errors in your writing, what do you prefer your instructor to do? | Response frequenciesa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st-year students (N = 21) | 2nd-year students (N = 23) | 3rd-year students (N = 20) | Total average | |
(a) My instructor should correct all errors. | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 |
(b) My instructor should correct major errors but not the minor ones. | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
(c) My instructor should only correct errors that interfere with communicating ideas. | 7 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
(d) My instructor should not correct grammatical errors, and should focus on the content only. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |