The nature of Indonesian English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers' feedback in L2 writing: An activity theory perspective

Abstract

The overall aim of the thesis was to investigate the nature of Indonesian English as A Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ feedback on L2 writing, particularly their feedback practices, decision-making processes while providing feedback, and factors which influenced their feedback practices using Activity Theory (Engestrom, 1987, 2001, 2016; Leont’ev, 1978, 1981) as the theoretical framework. Nine EFL university teachers and 24 students were recruited to participate in a case study approach using multiple data collection methods. First, the teachers were interviewed individually twice (i) at the beginning of semester to collect information about their beliefs towards written feedback and (ii) ..