KOTESOL International Conference 2016
(Concurrent Session)
Akiko Nagao, Ryukoku University, Japan
Self-Reflection on Peer Essay Analysis in an EFL Community of Practice
Abstract
The study reported here aimed to explore how 30 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) novice learners become experienced in terms of their English proficiency and knowledge in a genre approach in a language learning classroom through (1) modeling genre-based texts, (2) independent construction of a text, (3) peer analysis of learners' essays, and (4) written self-reflection on classroom participation in genre writing and peer analysis. Text mining was applied to the learners' self-reflections on peer analysis, and the results were categorized in terms of six coding schemes. The findings indicate that moderately successful learners tended to use cognitive knowledge, especially a bottom-up strategy. Highly successful and successful learners' showed awareness of genre-specific text type and structure.
Biographicals
Akiko Nagao (Ph.D.) is interested in TESOL/TEFL and sociolinguistics. She teaches English for EFL learners at Ryuukoku University, Japan. Her research seeks to explore the pedagogical implications of the Communities of Practice model in EFL classrooms.
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