esl writing?

Question

i' m looking for the use of feedback in esl writing

Answer 1

There are 3 kinds of feedback - 1. teacher 2. self 3. peer. Having taught ESL for many years, I found that the teacher feedback was the most feared and requested and yet the least to make an impact. When teachers "red pencil" everything, the students get so discouraged generally that they usually will not look at the feedback or remember it. 2. Self feedback is a little more successful because the students know what and how it should have been done differently and they are not to unhappy to re-write. 3. Peer feedback is somewhat dangerous because students will sometimes feel resentful..... There are 3 more feedback styles. 1. grammatical 2. composition form and finally 3. creativity. An ESL teacher who wants their students to keep writing will have to decide which of these will be tackled at any one time. The teacher has to decide which of these he/she will focus on. If the aim is to improve their grammar, then only grammar should be corrected. If the focus is on composition form, ditto. This should be stated to the students ahead of the writing assignment. The only one that I didn't mark penally was the creative writing because you can't be objective about individual creativity. Does this answer your question?

Answer 2

What kind of feedback? About what?