Effetti del feedback diretto e indiretto sulla produzione scritta di apprendenti di italiano LS

The present study compares the effects of written direct and indirect feedback on both uptake and retention. The outcome of the research, that was conducted on six pairs of Italian as a Foreign Language students at different levels of proficiency, shows that indirect feedback is slightly more effective on the immediate uptake, while direct feedback slightly facilitates retention. However, the effectiveness of the correction seems to be affected by the level of personal engagement during feedback processing more than by the type of feedback provided.