A contrastive research on feedback in teaching college English writing

This study investigates the different effects of teacher feedback,peer feedback and online feedback on college students' writing skills.The results indicate that(1) teacher feedback has a significant role in enhancing students' awareness of writing structure;(2) peer feedback and online feedback are effective in improving students' writing content and language,reducing their writing anxiety,and developing their writing interest;(3) most students prefer that the teacher adopts flexibly different types of feedback so as to ensure the positive effects of each type of feedback.