Self and Peer Correction to Improve College Students’ Writing Skills

This paper describes college students’ writing development process during their foreign language classes throughout a semester. Self and peer correction were implemented to promote error awareness along with the use of an error code and error log in a fifth semester class. The results show that both...

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Autores:
Ramírez Balderas, Iraís
Guillén Cuamatzi, Patricia María
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2018
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/66858
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/66858
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/67886/
Palabra clave:
37 Educación / Education
8 Literatura y retórica / Literature
Peer correction
self-correction
writing skills
auto-corrección
co-corrección
habilidades de escritura
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:This paper describes college students’ writing development process during their foreign language classes throughout a semester. Self and peer correction were implemented to promote error awareness along with the use of an error code and error log in a fifth semester class. The results show that both strategies benefited students’ writing skills and self-awareness which in turn produced, among other outcomes, the development of critical self-assessment of their writing and responsibility for their own learning. This study highlights the importance of allocating class time for continuous training to allow students to systematize their writing practices.