COMPLIMENTS IN ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE FEEDBACK: IMPLICATIONS IN L2 WRITING CLASSROOMS

Tóm tắt

Complimenting is known as a complex speech act which may serve various functions in interaction. In the genre of writing, complimenting often serves as a positive evaluation and as criticisms or suggestions for improvement. To bring positive feelings for the writers, writing tutors in writing centers often incorporate compliment acts in their asynchronous e-feedback. It is commonly recognized that the main goal of giving feedback in the domain of L2 writing is to help students do better writing and consequently enhance the quality of their work. This is true to both writing tutors in the writing centers and L2 writing instructors in different contexts of teaching and learning L2 writing. This paper aims to discuss the role of the speech act of compliments in asynchronous online feedback from writing tutors and further explore the implications of the compliment act for teacher feedback in L2 writing classrooms.