On the Efficacy of Explicit Corrective Feedback on Descriptive Writing Accuracy of Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Hooshang Khoshsima ¹ , Ma’soume Jahani ²

1 - Chabahar Maritime University
2 - Chabahar Maritime University

Received: 2013-01-10 Accepted : 2013-09-20 Published : 2013-09-20

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