Effective Peer Review Activities in College ESL Writing Course Presenter: Gretchen Lee

Freshman Composition Composition and Conversation combined Assignments Compositions (essays and revisions) Journals Note: “Conversation I and Composition I are officially separate courses, with separate grades, but they are taught in combination, as languages skills cannot really be compartmentalized. According to English Dept. regulations, a student who fails one of these courses must repeat them both; a student who fails any one semester must repeat the whole year. Adequate speaking and writing skills in English are crucial to success in this department.”(Tom Nash)

“Three Audience Relationships” Private writing. Sharing. Responding. Elbow, Peter, and Pat Belanoff. Sharing and Responding. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1989.

Peer Review and Feedback Learning from each other Social Interactions Critical Reading and Thinking

Peer Review Activities The use of peer review forms Samples (Courtesy of Prof. Ching-Ching Yi) Follow-up activities Journal Express, an ongoing cross-section, cooperative activity

Peer Review Forms Courtesy of Prof. Ching-Ching Yi

Peer Review Forms Courtesy of Prof. Ching-Ching Yi

Peer Review Forms Courtesy of Prof. Ching-Ching Yi

Peer Review Forms Courtesy of Prof. Ching-Ching Yi

Anonymous writing pals: 2 entries Conversation Activity Journal Express Section A Instructor: Beatrice Hsu Section D Instructor: Gretchen Lee 16 students 17 students Anonymous writing pals: 2 entries Conversation Activity 2 more entries Letter writing Questionnaires Take-home Questions

Writing/Learning Cautious Writers Responsible Learners Cautious Writers

From Peer Review to Autonomous Learning Learning is a process. collaborative learning goal autonomous learning