The Effect of Online Corrective Feedback (OCF) on Learners’ Relative Clauses Competency

Abstract

The study explored the use of OCF for giving feedback in constructing relative clauses for Indonesian English learners. Using a quasi-experimental design, the sample covers 47 learners. The two classes were randomly assigned as the experiment group (N=25) using the OCF method and the control group (N=22) with the conventional one. Pre- and post-tests were given by asking learners to construct two sentences into relative clauses based on the theory of English grammar (Azar, 1998; 2009). The independent sample t-test and Mann-Whitney U test with the SPSS software program were used to analyze the data. The result revealed there was a statistically significant score difference.