ERIC Number: EJ805490
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-1362-1688
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Using Peer Review with Chinese ESL Student Writers
Hu, Guangwei
Language Teaching Research, v9 n3 p321-342 2005
Peer review has a prominent place in process-oriented writing instruction. In this paper, I share my developing use of peer review in an academic writing course for Chinese ESL learners. After reviewing the relevant literature, I describe the context in which I implemented peer review and conducted practitioner research into its productive use. Next, I present and discuss the training activities and follow-ups I used to prepare my students for effective peer review. The various instructional practices have been experimented with and refined in a 3-year action research effort to best facilitate my students' acquisition of academic writing skills and hence enhance the quality of classroom life. In conclusion I summarize student performance in my most recent writing class and consider several instructional changes that are likely to help students understand better and thus benefit more from peer review. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Action Research, Writing Skills, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods, Peer Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Writing Instruction, College Students, English for Academic Purposes, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Identifiers - Location: Singapore
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