Trained Peer Response to Develop EFL
Students’ Positive Attitudes toward Peer Response
Utami Widiati
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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Widiati, U. (2003).Trained peer response to develop
EFL students’ positive attitudes toward peer response. TEFLIN Journal, 14(1),
123-139.
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