Transcript PPT 2.2 Peer Response Guidelines

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What is peer response?
peer (n) a person of your age group
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your friends
your classmates
your co-workers
response (n) feedback
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questions
comments
suggestions
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1. Share responsibility
 Everyone’s job is to provide feedback
for other students.
 Do not let one or two people
dominate the discussion.
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2. Be aware of time
 Set a time limit for responding to
others’ writing.
 Everyone should get a turn.
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3. Go for the forest, then for the trees
 Respond with general impressions first.
- what you liked
- what you didn’t understand
 Give more specific feedback last.
- what can be added
- what can be deleted
- what can be changed
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4. Allow time for reading
 Prepare photocopies of your work for
your peers.
 Read your work aloud to your peers
or give them time to read silently.
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5. Be supportive and constructive
 Be considerate of others’ feelings.
 Focus on meaning, not on minor
errors in grammar or spelling.
 The writer makes the final decisions
about comments and suggestions.
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References
Berg, E. C. (1999) Preparing ESL students for peer response. TESOL
Journal, 8 (2), 20-25.
Carson, J. and Nelson, G. (1994) Writing groups: cross-cultural issues.
Journal of Second Language Writing, 3 (1), 17 – 30.
Carson, J. and Nelson, G. (1996) Chinese students’ perceptions of ESL
peer response group interaction. Journal of Second Language Writing,
5 (1), 1-19.
Ferris, D. and Hedgcock, J. S. (2005). Teaching ESL composition:
purpose, process and practice (2nd ed.). London: Erlbaum.
Hyland, K. (2003) Second language writing. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Nelson, G. L. and J. M. Murphy (1993) ‘Writing groups and the less
proficient ESL student’, TESOL Journal, Winter. 23-26.
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