Giving feedback and types of feedback

Unconstructive feedback

• Wrong answer.
• Lazy. Try harder.
• You made so many mistakes I am giving you extra homework.
• Too many mistakes.
• We learned this last week! How can you have forgotten already?
• Not to standard. Do this again, please.

Look at the examples of feedback below and decide what the teacher is giving feedback on:

1	You have really made progress in your use of tenses.	Progress and language
2	Your homework shows how much harder you have worked in the last few weeks. Congratulations.	Effort and attitude
3	Be careful with your pronunciation of /th/. Go to the lab and use the materials there to practise saying it.	Language
4	You need to pay attention to how you structure your essays. Make sure they follow a logical progression.	Structure of ideas

What the teacher is giving feedback on:

5	Your willingness to chat in English with everyone has really helped you to make progress.	Attitude and behaviour
6	Try to read more about your subject before you start writing, so that you get a better idea of what to write about.	Ideas
7	Please try to arrive earlier for your lessons. You are missing lots of class time.	Behaviour
8	You need to spend much more time doing your homework. This helps to consolidate the work we have done in class.