Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Writing/ Grading L2 papers


Writing/ Grading L2 papers.
pjmlindsey@gmail.com
deborah.crusan@wright.edu

Project implicit findings
http://implicit.harvard.edu
projectimplicit.net
Teacher’s bias against or towards student’s writing based n markers such as nationality.
Tony Silva says that L1 and L2 writing is different.
Strategies for reduciong bias:
-         Test yourself as a teacher
-         Strive to be fair (alternate between holistic and analytic grading)
-         Swap papers with peers for grading
-         Conduct mini workshops with students


                                                References
Lindsey, Peggy, & Crusan, Deborah. (2011). How faculty attitudes and expectations
toward student nationality affect writing assessment across the disciplines. TESOL Quarterly, 8(4)

2 comments:

  1. The information that's given is so helpful in my pursue of teaching English to other speakers. I like how you organizes your Blog which is very clear. It's very professional and detail-oriented. As a teacher, I tried to be as objective as I can, but I am human and bring in something might be bias when I am teaching that's why it's so important for me to re-evaluate my teaching ethnic and be fair.

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  2. I appreciate that you are sharing your valuable information with your peers who had no opportunity to take part in TESOL Convention in Philadelphia.

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