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Download full textYol, Özge – English Teaching Forum, 2019
Özge Yol is a former composition instructor and ESL/EFL teacher. Currently a doctoral candidate in the Educational Theory and Practice program at Binghamton University, she describes a "write a letter to your friend" activity she designed using peer-feedback to facilitate student engagement through the use of guiding questions. The task…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Writing Instruction
Direct linkCrusan, Deborah – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2011
Evaluation is far from being a neutral process. In recent years, tests have commanded increasing influence, which in turn, has broad implications for both individuals and society (Crusan, 2010b). One purpose for testing--writing placement or "where to put students" (Yancey, 1999, p. 485)--has presented particular challenges, especially in writing…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Second Language Learning, Universities, Writing Evaluation
Arias, J. – English Journal, 2008
High school teacher J. Arias employs a research method from anthropology to motivate students to research and write. Learning to use the methods and perspectives of ethnography, students become critical viewers and thinkers, able to connect the themes of literary works to their lives and to critique the variety of texts that surround them. Arias…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Second Language Learning, United States Literature, English (Second Language)
Kincaid, Nita Moots; Sotiriou, Peter – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2004
While most service-learning courses at the college level establish a hierarchical connection between mentor and student, the service-learning program at Los Angeles City College encourages a reciprocal relationship in which mentor and mentee benefit from each other. First-year composition students are paired with intermediate ESL composition…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Two Year Colleges, School Community Programs, Teacher Student Relationship
Mason, Katherine – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2006
In an environment, in which English is a second or other language for every student, fear and anxiety affect students' learning and engagement. Yet, in spite of these concerns, students welcomed the chance to practice their spoken English in cooperative structures while learning about and engaging in their composing processes. English language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition), Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning
Peer reviewedHeyden, Todd – TESOL Journal, 2001
Describes an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) freshman composition course in which students read a mystery novel, "The Alienist," and researched and wrote about its historical setting. Reactions to the course are described by the students, who were experiencing content-based instruction for the first time. Activities applicable to…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Class Activities, English (Second Language), Freshman Composition
