An investigation of the role of peer feedback in enhancing grammatical accuracy in writing : teachers’ and students’ perceptions

Abstract EN

Peer feedback is one of the most commonly used concepts and recently applied techniques to enhance students' written performance.

the current study aims at scrutinizing teachers' and students' perceptions of the implementation of peer feedback to enhance students' grammatical accuracy in writing.

to realize this aim, a mixed-methods approach is followed wherein a questionnaire is administered to first-year students at the department of English at m'sila university, in addition to an interview conducted with teachers in charge of the written expression module.

the results obtained revealed that peer feedback is not implemented among first-year EFL students at m'sila university.

they also revealed teachers' awareness of the significance of peer feedback as an instructional pedagogy to enhance students' written productions.

therefore it is recommended that students need to be trained on how to give and receive feedback to yield better outcomes.