Thursday, 10 April 2014

Correcting writing: 8 practical ideas



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Dear All,
The blog has been permanently moved to teflreflections.wordpress.com THis particular post can be found here: http://teflreflections.wordpress.com/2014/04/10/correcting-writing-8-practical-ideas/ I'm not going to publish anything on the blogspot address any more, and I'll delete the blog within a week or two.
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Marek Kiczkowiak

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6 comments:

  1. Carissa Peck11 April 2014 at 00:46

    I agree with most everything. With peer correction I offer it as extra credit. They get a detailed worksheet and have to folow the steps. For example, "Underline the topic sentences. Do they all relate to the thesis? If so, how? ________________ Are they debatable? If yes, what's the other side? ___________________ Are they specific? If yes (or no) try to make it more specific

    This can also apply to grammar, "Hi-light all the conjunctions. Is the proper punctuation being used?"

    By giving them really specific steps they tend to find more erros, thus helping their peer more.

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    1. Marek Kiczkowiak11 April 2014 at 10:33

      Hi Carissa and thanks for commenting :)
      I really like your idea. This is what I was getting at when I wrote: "consider using some categories or frames". Could I use the examples you gave above in the blog and refer to you? I think people would find it very useful.
      BTW, there are a few typos in your comment: see Anonymous' comment below.

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  2. Anonymous11 April 2014 at 06:53

    folLow, HIGHlight, erroRs, peerS???

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    1. Marek Kiczkowiak11 April 2014 at 10:35

      Thanks for pointing out. Typos happen to all of us all too often. I've found that my spelling's become pretty bad recently, and unless I really pay attention, I start completely relying on spell-checkers.
      What do you think about the ideas described in the post?

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  3. Ann12 May 2014 at 11:03

    Hi Marek,
    Just to let you know that we’ve shortlisted this blog post for this month’s TeachingEnglish blog award and I’ll be making a post about it on today’s TeachingEnglish Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/TeachingEnglish.BritishCouncil, if you’d like to check there for likes and comments.

    Best,
    Ann

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    1. Marek Kiczkowiak12 May 2014 at 11:06

      Hi Ann,
      Thanks. That's fantastic news :) I feel flattered.
      Best,

      Marek

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