Abstract:
This study investigated learners’ perceptions of recast in the ESL classroom of three Senior
High Schools in the Mampong Municipality, Asante Region. Using a convergent parallel
mixed methods design, questionnaire and focus group interview were utilized in collecting data
from three hundred randomly selected students for descriptive and thematic analyses within
the Process Model of L2 Motivation framework proposed by Dörnyei and Ottó (1998). The
analysis revealed that students generally prefer explicit recast, although they would prefer other
types of recast based on the error they commit. It was also revealed that students would want
their errors to be corrected every time and as soon as they commit the error. Also, it was found
from the study that recast indeed motivates learners to learn English.
Description:
A thesis in the Department of Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Foreign Languages
Education and Communication, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, in
partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Master of Philosophy
(Teaching English as a Second Language)
in the University of Education, Winneba
JULY, 2020
