The Role of Implicit Negative Feedback in Language Development-Some Reflections

• Main Author: Hind Talal Mashrah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lasting Impressions Press 2017-03-01
• Series: International Journal of English Language and Translation Studies
• Subjects: Negative Feedback; Interaction; Modified Output; Corrective Feedback; Second Language Acquisition
• Online Access: http://www.eltsjournal.org/archive/value5%20issue1/1-5-1-17.pdf

This paper discusses the importance of feedback, especially the implicit negative feedback in learning process to enhance language development. The definition of the feedback and the types are elaborated in relation to how the types contribute in improving the comprehension and the acquisition of second language in the process of communication with native and non-native speakers of English by providing comprehensible input and modified output. The theory of implicit negative impact which focuses on three significant areas: (1) type of implicit negative feedback, (2) the critical role of noticing to increase the knowledge and the acquisition by demonstrating research studies to prove, and (3) the key role of interaction to increase the acquisition and the comprehension are detailed with supportive literature. The paper also briefs some limitations encountered while applying such type of feedback in the learning process.