Trained Peer Response to Develop EFL Students' Positive Attitudes toward Peer Response

This article reports part of a broader action-research study on training EFL students in the use of strategies for effective peer response. Surveys using questionnaires were conducted among 20 university students involved in the action research to measure the changes in attitudes toward peer respons...

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Main Author: Utami Widiati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN) 2003-01-01
Series:TEFLIN Journal
Online Access:http://journal.teflin.org/index.php/teflin/article/view/66
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spelling doaj-f39b43eb9492496cbca04363b2d7b5e72021-01-02T05:09:44ZengAssociation for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN)TEFLIN Journal0215-773X2003-01-01141Trained Peer Response to Develop EFL Students' Positive Attitudes toward Peer ResponseUtami WidiatiThis article reports part of a broader action-research study on training EFL students in the use of strategies for effective peer response. Surveys using questionnaires were conducted among 20 university students involved in the action research to measure the changes in attitudes toward peer response before and after the classroom-based action research. The findings suggest that significant changes were obtained in all the questionnaire items regarding attitudes toward peer response. The students indicated that classmates' oral and written comments helped them enrich the content of their writing, improve the organization of their writing, and improve the language (including grammar and vocabulary) of their writing. http://journal.teflin.org/index.php/teflin/article/view/66
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title Trained Peer Response to Develop EFL Students' Positive Attitudes toward Peer Response
title_short Trained Peer Response to Develop EFL Students' Positive Attitudes toward Peer Response
title_full Trained Peer Response to Develop EFL Students' Positive Attitudes toward Peer Response
title_fullStr Trained Peer Response to Develop EFL Students' Positive Attitudes toward Peer Response
title_full_unstemmed Trained Peer Response to Develop EFL Students' Positive Attitudes toward Peer Response
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publisher Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN)
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description This article reports part of a broader action-research study on training EFL students in the use of strategies for effective peer response. Surveys using questionnaires were conducted among 20 university students involved in the action research to measure the changes in attitudes toward peer response before and after the classroom-based action research. The findings suggest that significant changes were obtained in all the questionnaire items regarding attitudes toward peer response. The students indicated that classmates' oral and written comments helped them enrich the content of their writing, improve the organization of their writing, and improve the language (including grammar and vocabulary) of their writing.
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