Buddy Journals for ESL and Native-English-Speaking Students.

Bromley, Karen

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ERIC Number: EJ510173

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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ISSN: ISSN-1056-7941

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Buddy Journals for ESL and Native-English-Speaking Students.

Bromley, Karen

TESOL Journal, v4 n3 p7-11 Spr 1995

Discusses the use of "buddy journals" between pairs of native and nonnative English-speaking students to help develop the English literacy skills of both groups of students. Guidelines are provided for matching student pairs, evaluating student writing, and allowing for midcourse changes, as well as sample journal topics. (15 references) (MDM)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Dialog Journals, Elementary Education, English, English (Second Language), Journal Writing, Native Language Instruction, Native Speakers, Peer Relationship, Second Language Instruction, Student Evaluation, Student Journals, Teaching Methods, Writing Exercises

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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