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Table 7 Participants’ preferences of comment types

From: EFL learners’ perceptions and preferences of written corrective feedback: a case study of university students from Mainland China

Comment type

Mean ratingsa

p value

1st-year students (N = 21)

2nd-year students (N = 23)

3rd-year students (N = 20)

Total average

One-way ANOVA

Comments on the content

4.00

4.43

4.55

4.13

.067

Comments on the grammar

3.65

3.78

4.30

3.76

.749

Comments on the organization

4.55

3.85

4.30

4.38

.387

Comments on the overall quality of the writing

4.70

3.76

4.38

4.59

.185

  1. aThere was one empty response in the 1st-year group. Unimportant = 1; unimportant = 2; neutral = 3; important = 4; very important = 5