Discuss the problems and solutions to maximize the effectiveness of recasts - the most popular type of corrective feedback

Abstract

This article looks further into recasts – the most popular type of oral correct feedback. Regardless of their obvious benefits to both teachers and learners in the classroom contexts, recasts in language teaching face two main issues including their lack of salience and limited learner uptake. The reason is that teachers often provide recasts with positive evidence, correcting errors without explicitly highlighting them or encouraging learners to self-correct, leading students to misinterpret corrections as conversational responses. To maximize the effectiveness of this type of feedback, several practical solutions are suggested including different ways to make recasts more salient in classroom contexts and providing more opportunities for modified output from students.