The Impact of Instructor’s Screen Captured Audio-Recorded Corrective Feedback on Students’ Writing Performance

Abstract

The purpose of the current study was to investigate the implementation of screen captured audio-recorded corrective feedback in the classroom and its impact on students’ writing performance as well as to find out which type of the feedback was more time efficient.The instruments used for collectingdatawere1) pre and post instruction tests,2) attitudinal questionnairefor students, 3) time log. The pre and post instruction testsdata were analyzed through non-parametric Mann-Whitney and Wilcoxon tests. Data collected through questionnaire was analyzed using descriptive statistics.Finally, time log analysis was carried out again with the help of non-parametric Mann-Whitney test. The results of the analysis showed that there was a significant difference in students’ writing performance and questionnaireanalysis revealed that the majority of the students liked instructor’s screen captured audio-recorded corrective feedback and considered it effective and useful as they were able to easily understand their own mistakes and self correct.Finally, timelog analysis showed that there wasa significant difference between the time spent by the instructor on providing traditional corrective feedback (on the margins electronically) and screen captured audio-recorded corrective feedback.