3. Analyzing Recast As Oral Negative Feedback

Abstract

Recast has beenfound to be one of themostfrequentlyused oral feedbacktypes in second and foreignlanguageclassrooms; thatexplainswhyit has beenthefocus of studyby a significantnumber of researchers. The presentresearchaimedtoanalyzerecast as negative feedback (NF) in theforeignlanguageclassroom. A uniqueconceptofrecastisnotprovidedbutthemai ndefinitionsresearchershaveproposedthroughy ears for thistypeof negative feedback are offeredto help readerstoget a betterunderstandingonthetopic. Severaltypesofrecast are presentedand some issuesrelatedto its effectivenessareanalyzed. It isconcludedthatstudiesregardingrecastseffectiv enessshouldbecarefullyreviewed in ordertoidentifypossible bias duetorecastsambiguityandvariableslikestudents ? proficiencyand age, students? affectivefactors, amongother.