How do you assess/correct blogs?
I've just introduced my ESL students to blogs via our class Ning. Anyway it's got me thinking about a few things. Should I correct all their writing? My students are refugees and migrants learning English and I don't want to discourage them in anyway. I want them to feel free to get their ideas down and to feel confident doing so.
Should I respond modelling correct spelling and grammar?
Should they write in Word first and do a spell check etc?
What do you do with your students? How do you work with blogs? I'd be grateful for any ideas/suggestions.
Should I respond modelling correct spelling and grammar?
Should they write in Word first and do a spell check etc?
What do you do with your students? How do you work with blogs? I'd be grateful for any ideas/suggestions.
Tags: assessment, blogging, esl
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Permalink Reply by Anita Welch on
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Think about what your obectives are for using the blog. Do you want your students to be able to express themselves freely or do you want a more formal discourse. I use blogs as a way for students to express their understandings and opinions on given topics. I don't grade grammar/spelling, but do tell them that their posts must be able to be understood. I do not allow "U" for you or "R" for are, etc. I think the ESL students would see the blog as a way to model the vernacular. This is an important step to language fluency.
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Permalink Reply by Leonard Waks on -
Correcting in Word may be a useful exercise, but it is a poor habit. If the point of the correcting is to encourage proper grammar, the only way to achieve the goal is to isolate specific errors and work on them one at a time. Word can create the superficial sense of correctness, but it can not teach anything. And its own grammar program is often plain wrong.
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Permalink Reply by YOON SOOK JHEE on -
Great topic. I only comment on the ideas, organization of the writing and coherence of the writing. I do not check on grammar. But every time, after I have taught them a new topic on grammar, I would ask them to check and edit their blog.
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