A Comparative Study On Teachers’ Feedback Between Novice And Expert Teachers In Senior High School English Class

Feedback is the discourse used by teachers to evaluate students’ performance,and it occupies an important place in teachers’ discourse,especially in high school English classrooms.Feedback promotes students’ input ability,output effectiveness,and classroom interaction.Therefore,it is necessary to examine the similarities and differences in the use of classroom feedback by expert and novice English teachers in high school.This study is conducted with some high school English teachers in M city to address:(1)What are differences in the amount of feedback between novice teachers and expert teachers?(2)What are differences in the type of feedback between novice teachers and expert teachers?(3)What are the causes for the differences in feedback between novice teachers and expert teachers?After analyzing the data through classroom observations,questionnaires,and interviews and using SPSS,the author comes to the following conclusions: First,in terms of the amount of feedback,expert teachers give more total feedback than novice teachers.Second,in terms of types of feedback,novice teachers use content feedback more frequently;as for form feedback,expert and novice teachers use it almost equally;and in terms of topic feedback,it is expert teachers who use it more frequently.In addition,there are significant differences in specific aspects of each type.Third,the main reasons for the differences in teachers’ classroom feedback lie in their differences in teachers’ teaching philosophy,teaching purpose,teachers’ knowledge of the material,knowledge of students,abilities of students,understanding of classroom feedback,and post-class reflection.In addition to this,the following insights emerge from this study: First,English teachers should fully understand the systematic theory of teacher feedback and learn how to use feedback as an effective tool in the classroom during the process of professional development.Second,teachers should clearly grasp the types of feedback in order to stimulate students’ interest in learning English,hold their attention,provoke their thinking,and promote their language output.Third,both novice and expert teachers should pursue progress,reflect on their use of teacher feedback and improve their use of feedback.