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URL:https://watesol.org.au/events/write-on-practical-approaches-to-written
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SUMMARY:Write On: Practical Approaches to Written Corrective Feedback (WCF)
  in EAL/D Classrooms
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 **Non-members - the price of a ticket is equivalent to the cost of WATESOL
  membership. Consider joining for a free ticket!\n\nThis presentation expl
 ores practical strategies for providing written corrective feedback (WCF) 
 on linguistic errors that empower learners rather than discourage them. Dr
 awing on findings from her PhD research\, together with classroom experien
 ce and theoretical knowledge\, Waruni Iresha Ekanayaka will discuss how fe
 edback can move beyond simply 'fixing mistakes' to fostering confident\, i
 ndependent writers in EAL/D classrooms. She will present a strategic appro
 ach to WCF\, focusing on practical techniques that address diverse learner
  needs and different stages of writing development.\n\nShe will address th
 e key questions of WCF:\n\n 	What it is and why it matters\n 	How it works
 \n 	How much and when to give feedback\n 	What comes next for WCF to be tr
 uly effective\n\nWaruni Iresha Ekanayaka is a teacher at Cyril Jackson Sen
 ior Campus with extensive experience in language education. Prior to this\
 , she worked as a lecturer at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura\, Sri 
 Lanka. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Linguisti
 cs\, a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics\, and a PhD from Curtin Un
 iversity\, where she was awarded the Walter de Neal Award for Excellence i
 n Educational Research (2023). Her doctoral research examined the efficacy
  of teachers’ direct and semi-focused written corrective feedback on lea
 rners’ linguistic accuracy and writing fluency. She has published severa
 l works in the field of WCF\, and her research interests include written c
 orrective feedback\, code-switching\, and task-based language teaching.\n\
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