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Article: Sugaring the pill Praise and criticism in written feedback

TitleSugaring the pill Praise and criticism in written feedback
Authors
KeywordsMiscommunication
Mitigation
Praise and criticism
Teacher feedback
Issue Date2001
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jslw
Citation
Journal Of Second Language Writing, 2001, v. 10 n. 3, p. 185-212 How to Cite?
AbstractThis paper offers a detailed text analysis of the written feedback given by two teachers to ESL students over a complete proficiency course. We consider this feedback in terms of its functions as praise, criticism, and suggestions. Praise was the most frequently employed function in the feedback of these two teachers, but this was often used to soften criticisms and suggestions rather than simply responding to good work. Many of the criticisms and suggestions were also mitigated by the use of hedging devices, question forms, and personal attribution. We explore the motivations for these mitigations through teacher interviews and think-aloud protocols and examine cases where students failed to understand their teachers' comments due to their indirectness. While recognising the importance of mitigation strategies as a means of minimising the force of criticisms and enhancing effective teacher-student relationships, we also point out that such indirectness carries the very real potential for incomprehension and miscommunication. © 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/130171
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2023 Impact Factor: 5.0
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.606
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dc.contributor.authorHyland, Ken_HK
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dc.date.issued2001en_HK
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Second Language Writing, 2001, v. 10 n. 3, p. 185-212en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1060-3743en_HK
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dc.description.abstractThis paper offers a detailed text analysis of the written feedback given by two teachers to ESL students over a complete proficiency course. We consider this feedback in terms of its functions as praise, criticism, and suggestions. Praise was the most frequently employed function in the feedback of these two teachers, but this was often used to soften criticisms and suggestions rather than simply responding to good work. Many of the criticisms and suggestions were also mitigated by the use of hedging devices, question forms, and personal attribution. We explore the motivations for these mitigations through teacher interviews and think-aloud protocols and examine cases where students failed to understand their teachers' comments due to their indirectness. While recognising the importance of mitigation strategies as a means of minimising the force of criticisms and enhancing effective teacher-student relationships, we also point out that such indirectness carries the very real potential for incomprehension and miscommunication. © 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jslwen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Second Language Writingen_HK
dc.subjectMiscommunicationen_HK
dc.subjectMitigationen_HK
dc.subjectPraise and criticismen_HK
dc.subjectTeacher feedbacken_HK
dc.titleSugaring the pill Praise and criticism in written feedbacken_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.emailHyland, F: fhyland@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailHyland, K: khyland@hku.hken_HK
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