Noriko Kurihara


Sessions

Writing Skills Development: Does Peer Review Help?

Junior/Senior High School
Mon, Nov 23, 10:45-11:10 JST

Despite research finding benefits to peer reviewing, few studies have examined its effect on student writing abilities. This study investigates whether/how peer reviewing would influence writing skills development in an EFL high school classroom. The results of pre-, post-, and delayed posttests, and analysis of audio-recorded peer review interactions. Students’ revisions revealed that peer reviewing contributed to the improvement of students’ writing abilities.