Giving feedback

The teacher noticed all the learners were having problems with some target vocabulary. She noted the problems down and did a revision exercise the next day.

• delayed feedback

• peer feedback

• 1:1 feedback

A young learner had just finished talking to the class about his hobby. The teacher said: Thanks, Juan. You tried hard. Well done.

• feedback on language

• feedback on effort

• feedback on ideas

The teacher wrote on the first draft of a learner’s composition: Look at this website for more ideas.

• feedback on grammatical mistakes 


• instructions on planning 


• help with finding reference resources 


A teacher, talking to a group of primary children at the end of a group work activity, said: You talked a lot today and worked well together.

• feedback on pronunciation 


• feedback on behaviour 


• feedback on learning styles

A group of students gave oral presentations to the class. Afterwards, the teacher said: You didn’t mention your reasons for choosing this topic. You need to include that next time.

• feedback on organisation of ideas 


• feedback on range of language 


• feedback on content 


A student wrote in his learner diary: You always ask the same students to answer. It takes me longer to think in English so I never have a chance to answer.

• feedback to the teacher on classroom procedure 


• feedback to the teacher on materials and activities

• feedback to the teacher on a specific language problem