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The difficulties involved in learning to write in a second language (L2) are well known and there has been much debate on the usefulness of written feedback in improving L2 learners' writing. The purpose of this study was to explore the role of model texts as a written corrective feedback technique through the analysis of what Grade 5 EFL child learners (aged 10–11) noticed as they (i) wrote a composition...