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Murie, Robin – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
Techniques for helping college-level non-native English speaking students understand the process of editing include individual and small-group conferencing, peer editing, and follow-up on errors. Teachers should give students the pencil, have them read the draft aloud, look for patterns of both good and erroneous usage, and focus on the positive.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Editing, English (Second Language)

Holt, Sheryl L. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
Offers suggestions for the college teacher with limited opportunity for individual writing conferences with non-native English-speaking students: tolerating some more complex errors; focusing on content; soliciting student ideas for correction; addressing only one or two error types; providing vocabulary choices; and highlighting correct usage.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, English (Second Language), Error Correction