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Table 8 Participants’ responses to corrected errors

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

How carefully do you review the correction of errors made by your instructor?

Response frequenciesa

1st-year students (N = 21)

2nd-year students (N = 23)

3rd-year students (N = 20)

Total average

(a) I will not read them.

0

0

0

0

(b) I will read them, but won’t correct the errors.

0

0

0

0

(c) I will read them, and correct the major errors.

2

5

3

10

(d) I will carefully read them, and correct all the errors.

19

18

17

54

  1. aPearson Chi-square test result: p = .535