Zanyar Nathir Ghafar1
1ESP Department, National Institute of Technology, Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Abstract: This research aimed to evaluate how students respond to feedback offered by their English lecturers and how, after receiving such information, they subsequently self-regulate their learning processes. The qualitative method was used, which included 10 English for specific purposes students who were studying English as a foreign language at the National Institute of Technology for the academic year (2022-2023). The research was conducted face to face semi-structured interview questions. After that, the data were transcribed, and a thematic analysis was conducted to identify how students understood the statements made by instructors and how they directed their education. This was done to find out how students directed their education. According to the results, the pupils could distinguish between positive and negative feedback offered by the lecturers. The outcomes of this research advise educators and English instructors interested in improving the overall quality of the comments they provide during English classroom assessments.
Keywords: Classroom Instruction, English as A Foreign Language, Students’ Perspectives, Self-Directed, Positive Feedback, Negative Feedback
Doi: 10.23918/ijsses.v10i2p197
Published: March 28, 2023
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International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies
ISSN 2520-0968 (Online), ISSN 2409-1294 (Print), March 2023, Vol.10, No.2