ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book examines long-term effects of feedback. It explains the role and effects of feedback training. The book covers a wide range of feedback areas ranging from oral, written, and computer-mediated feedback to teacher and peer feedback, as well as various processes involved in such feedback, including noticing, negotiation, timing, and explicitness. It also explains the role for corrective feedback reported in literature. The book highlights notable implications for L2 teaching and outlines many issues for future research. It also investigates the impact of feedback in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) programs such as Automatic Writing Evaluation (AWE) systems. The book also highlights the differences and similarities between feedback in computer-mediated and face-to-face (FTF) interactions. It discusses feedback in FTF versus synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) environments and note many similarities in the amount, type, and patterns of interaction in the two contexts.
