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3 Giving feedback on written work

4.3 Giving feedback on written work

Sitio: Aula Virtual de Formación del Profesorado. Junta de Andalucía. Imprimido por: Moreno Liso, Carmen
Curso: 371. SOFT SKILLS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOM - ÚNICO Día: domingo, 12 de diciembre de 2021, 11:53
Libro: 4.3 Giving feedback on written work

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Tabla de contenidos

1. Presentation

2. Factors involved in feedback

3. Example 1: Oral feedback to the whole class

4. Example 2: Individual feedback using a scale

5. Example 3: Peer review with a focus

6. Example 4: Self evaluation with a checklist

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1. Presentation

The following presentation talks about the different factors that are involved in responding to students' written work.

On the next pages you can see examples of the aspects discussed in the genial.ly presentation.

RESPONDING
By Sally Bolton
TO WRITING

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2. Factors involved in feedback

There are many different ways of responding to students’ writing. Think about the following factors: 

Source
of feedback Teacher

Peers

Self

Mode of feedback Spoken

Written

Both

Size of audience Whole class

Small group

Individual

Focus of the feedback Product

·       
narrow focus

·       
focus on several aspects

·       
global focus

Process

·       
narrow focus

·       
focus on several aspects

·       
global focus

Form of the feedback Comments

Writing scale

Checklist

Amount of writing Single piece of writing

Portfolio of writing

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3. Example 1: Oral feedback to the whole class

Source – teacher 

Mode – spoken 

Size – whole class 

Focus – global focus 

Form – comments 

Amount – class portfolio of writing 

After students have all completed a writing task, you can provide whole class feedback about the good points and the points that need work
on. This may focus on aspects such as content
knowledge (did they display knowledge of all the content areas), task completion (did they
answer the question), organisation (how well did they use paragraphs, headings, etc.) and general
points about language use (did they use a
range of interesting language and structures). The benefit of whole class feedback is that everyone can see what the teacher is looking for
and
where common mistakes occur. 

You can record this feedback and send it to the students in an audio or video file, or you can give it in the class. 

It is often beneficial to follow this feedback with individual self or peer feedback on the writing. The learners could then re-draft their texts, taking into account the teacher’s whole class
feedback and their individual self or peer feedback. 

Useful for general comments after a first draft. 

Reduces the teacher’s workload. 
Students’ can use the feedback to redraft their work themselves

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4. Example 2: Individual feedback using a scale

Source
– teacher

Mode
– written

Size
– individual

Focus
– important aspects

Form
– scale (comments optional)

Amount
– single piece

This
form of feedback can focus on the aspects that the teacher thinks are most
important. It provides a quick and easy way of marking work which provides
direction for the student to
improve particular aspects.

Here
is an example of a scale:          

Writing
aspect Comment

Task
fulfilment  

1     2    
3     4 

Organisation
and structure  

1     2    
3     4

Mechanics
(spelling, punctuation)  

1     2    
3     4

Content  

1     2    
3     4

Richness of
vocabulary  

1     2    
3     4

Language
control  

1     2    
3     4

You
can use pre-prepared scales (for example the Trinity ISE writing scales for each level) and/or choose to add
aspects that are relevant
to your students.
Using
scales reduces the workload for the teacher and directs students towards
self-correction.

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5. Example 3: Peer review with a focus

Source
– peer

Mode
– written

Size
– individual

Focus
– selective

Form
– comments

Amount
– single piece

Peer
reviews are a useful and valuable part of the editing process. Comments from
teachers are often seen as commands, whereas peer comments are less
authoritarian and encourage
learners to self-edit and be more self-reliant.
Peer review also encourages collaboration.

However, in
order to be successful, learners need guidance into how to review their peers’
work, especially at the beginning. Questions, checklists or forms make the
process more focused
and guide the students in how to provide feedback for
their peers. An example is shown below.

Peer
Review Comment Form

Read your partner’s work and

complete the sentences below:

My first
impression is

My
favourite part is

The part
that can be most improved is

Some
language mistakes I noticed are

You could
add

Overall, I
think

Students
need training and guidance.
Peer
evaluation can be used as a final step in the writing process before teacher
evaluation.
Looking
at other’s work can help learners to develop their own writing and self-editing
skills.

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6. Example 4: Self evaluation with a checklist

Source
– self

Mode
– written

Size
– individual

Focus
– selective

Form
– checklist

Amount
– single piece

Learners
need to learn how to self-edit their own work and a checklist can help them to
develop this skill. They can use the checklist with a partner, looking at each
of their work in turn. There
is an example below:

Self-Evaluation
Checklist

  Yes No

I have answered the question.    

I have used information from the source texts in my

answer.    

My text is organised into paragraphs.    

Each paragraph contains one idea.    

I have used the correct number of words.    

I have checked my work for grammatical errors.    

I have checked my work for spelling errors.    

I have used punctuation correctly.    

Self-editing
is an important part of the writing process.
The
checklist can be used as a final stage before handing the work in.
You
can adapt the checklist according to the writing task.

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