Response To Student Writing: Implications for Second Language Students

by Ferris, Dana R.

• ISBN13: 9780805836578
• ISBN10: 0805836578
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This volume synthesizes and critically analyzes the literature on response to the writing of second language students, and discusses the implications of the research for teaching practice in the areas of written and oral teacher commentary on student writing, error correction, and facilitation of peer response. The book features numerous examples of student texts and teacher commentary, as well as figures and appendices that summarize research findings and present sample lessons and other teaching materials. It is thus simultaneously comprehensive in its approach to the existing research and highly practical in showing current and future teachers how this material applies to their everyday endeavors of responding to student writing and teaching composition classes.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Research
An Overview of L1 Composition Research on Response and Its Influence on L2 Writing Theory and Practice	p. 1
Teachers' Written Commentary and the Bad News 80s	p. 2
Finding Middle Ground: Research in the 1990s	p. 11
Summary: L1 Written Response in the 21st Century	p. 13
Other Issues in Response: Error Correction and Peer Feedback	p. 14
The Influence of L1 Response Research on L2 Writing	p. 15
Where Are We Now? The Convergence of L1 and L2 Response Research	p. 17
Teacher Feedback on L2 Student Writing	p. 19
What Issues Has Previous Research Covered?	p. 21
Methodological Issues	p. 31
Other Teacher Feedback Delivery Systems	p. 38
Conclusion	p. 41
Error Correction	p. 42
The History of Error Correction Research	p. 42
A Framework for Analyzing Error Correction Studies	p. 44
Review of Error Correction Studies	p. 53
Summary of Studies	p. 63
Further Research Agenda	p. 67
Research on Peer Response	p. 69
Perspectives on Peer Response	p. 70
Research on Peer Response	p. 71
Studies of Peer Response	p. 73
Summary	p. 84
Overview of Peer Response Studies	p. 87
Student Views on Response	p. 92
Survey Research on Teacher Commentary	p. 94
Studies on Error Correction	p. 104
Studies on Peer Feedback	p. 107
Combination or Comparison Studies	p. 113
Summary of Studies Reviewed	p. 114
Caveats and Limitations	p. 114
Student Survey on Teacher Feedback	p. 115
Practice
Preparing Teachers to Respond to Student Writing	p. 117
Developing Sound Responding Practices	p. 118
Preparing Teachers to Respond to Student Writing: A Training Sequence	p. 131
Guidelines for Conducting Teacher-Student Writing Conferences	p. 132
Conclusion	p. 134
Sample Student Essay With Completed Checklist	p. 134
Student Paper with Teacher Endnote and Marginal Comments	p. 136
Procedures for Analyzing Teacher Commentary	p. 137
Suggestions for Error Correction	p. 140
Error Correction: Issues and Options	p. 141
Summary	p. 157
Sample Class Error Analysis Procedure	p. 160
Mini-Lesson Materials	p. 162
Implementing Peer Response	p. 164
Implementing Peer Response: General Principles	p. 165
Other Alternatives	p. 174
Summary	p. 175
Peer Response Forms--A Sample Sequence	p. 177
A Peer Response Lesson Sequence	p. 179
References	p. 181
Author Index	p. 189
Subject Index	p. 193
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