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Table 9 Participants’ preferences on the timing of grammatical error correction

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

When do you want your teacher to provide feedback on your grammatical errors when you are writing your composition?

Response frequenciesa

1st-year students (N = 21)

2nd-year students (N = 23)

3rd-year students (N = 20)

Total average

(a) On the first draft

3

3

5

11

(b) On the second draft

6

9

5

20

(c) On all drafts

9

3

7

19

(d) On the final draft

2

8

3

13

  1. aThere was one empty response in the 1st-year group. Pearson Chi-square test result: p = .187