Thursday, May 22, 2014

My Mirrors of Writing ―Peers

              Do you use mirrors? Probably all of your answers will be “yes.” We use mirrors to check our appearance; we comb our hair when it is a mess and straighten up a collar of our shirt when it is unfold. Without mirrors, we can’t be aware of these points. And that is why we often do peer reviews.

We have many peer works in our ARW class, especially in e-writing portfolio. But why do we need peer reviews? We are not specialists about English and each of us has the similar ability. Yes, we are not teachers or proofreaders, but we can find classmates’ mistakes and give some good advices. Then I think peers are like mirrors which reflect my sentences. They notice me some points I didn’t realized. Also, while I am an ordinary student, I am gradually improving my reviewing skill and knowing my peers’ tendency in writing. Reading other student’s essay is indispensable to develop our own writing skills, like stopping in front of mirrors every morning!
 
 
 

6 comments:

  1. I like that expression "Mirrors of Writing". Can I quote you next year when I teach your Kohais?

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    1. Thank you! Of course you can quote this. It will be a proud of me that my Kohais can get new idea from my own expression!

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    2. And I rewrote this! I think the new version has more catchy introduction.

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    3. You're getting very creative now! Thanks for your permission.

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  2. I agree with you! And it is very interesting to review other's writing from the point of not only English but also logic or argument.

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    1. I agree. Studying each of the fallacies was like adding a whole bunch of new tools to our toolbox. We can now use those tools to fix each other's work a little better.

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