Exploring EFL Learners’ Peer Feedback Dynamics Using Patterns of Pair Interaction: Written Discourse in Focus

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1 Ph.D in TEFL, Department of ELT, Poldokhtar University, Poldokhtar, Iran

2 M.A in Psychology, Poldokhtar University, Poldokhtar, Iran

10.22034/jelt.2024.15828.1080

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The aim of this study was to explore critical thinking skills in peer feedback dynamics regarding English writing in order to improve both the quality of peer feedback and English writing. Critical peer feedback was conceptualized with the integration of critical thinking and feedback in order to improve the quality of feedback. The study also explored the process of peer feedback dynamics using patterns of pair interaction through written discourse, and summarized the model of critical peer feedback. In so doing, a qualitative case study was conducted with 12 EFL learners from a writing course over a 16-week period, a session per week, during the first semester of 2023 academic year at Poldokhtar University. The Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Model was introduced to the participants in the workshop. Three kinds of data including semi-structured interview transcripts, 12 writing assignments, and artifacts of critical peer feedback were analyzed by QRS NVivo 8. The findings revealed that the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy was acceptable for the beginners of critical peer feedback dynamics which provided a six-step model of critical thinking. The process of peer feedback dynamics using patterns of pair interaction was summarized as three steps: intake, critical thinking, and output. Each of the three steps had several mental processes in peer feedback dynamics. Accordingly, the amount of learners’ awareness resulted in their critical thinking. The pedagogical implications of these findings were also discussed.

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JELT Journal | Farhangian University
Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1024203
A Tribute to Morteza Yamini, The Iranian leading English professor and language researcher.
March 2024
Pages 115-143

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