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Abstract

The current study aims to investigate the impact of online feedback tools in improving students writing in the Department of English Language, Mohamed Cherif Messaadia University, Souk-Ahras. To test the main hypothesis that suggests the possibility of enhancing writing skill proficiency through the use of online tools for feedback, two instruments had been used students questionnaire and teacher interview. The students’ questionnaire was provided to second- year (License, Master, Doctorate) students, and a semi- structured interview were conducted with three EFL teachers’ of written expression. The gathered data was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively, it illustrated that students face several challenges while writing, one of this challenges is lack of vocabulary, and they are not familiar with grammatical rules enough, which led to committing different types of mistakes. As a result, they have used multiple Automated Corrective Feedback systems such as grammarly, varocco, and Hemingway editor to enhance student writing proficiency and decrease their errors. Automated corrective feedback was suggested to students as an alternative to teachers’ feedback. The obtained findings confirm the proposed hypothesis and give insights into a several suggestions that can help the student to develop their writing skill.

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