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Peer reviewedMurie, Robin – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
Techniques for helping college-level non-native English speaking students understand the process of editing include individual and small-group conferencing, peer editing, and follow-up on errors. Teachers should give students the pencil, have them read the draft aloud, look for patterns of both good and erroneous usage, and focus on the positive.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Editing, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedHolt, Sheryl L. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
Offers suggestions for the college teacher with limited opportunity for individual writing conferences with non-native English-speaking students: tolerating some more complex errors; focusing on content; soliciting student ideas for correction; addressing only one or two error types; providing vocabulary choices; and highlighting correct usage.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, English (Second Language), Error Correction
Peer reviewedStalker, James C. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
International students in American colleges may have learned an accepted international variety of English, rather than British or American forms. Errors may persist because students want to retain their variety of English and cultural identity. Teachers need to address these errors only if they interfere with communication in the academic context;…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Cultural Background, Cultural Context
