Module 9 Self-Check

1. How do portfolios inform you whether students are learning/deleoping as learners?
2.What role do portfolios play in the assessment of English Learners?

Module 8 Self-Check

1. What do you think is the place of error correction?
2. How do you/would you handle error correction in your classroom?

Module 7 Self -Check

Comment on the quotation below.
"For a writing teacher who believes in encouraging revision, graded papers are nothing but a curse. Low grades discourage trying, and high grades imply a piece is done...."
(handout, p. 55)
So, how should we as writing teachers encourage revision, self expression, and risk taking, while keeping in mind curriculum requirements and administrative expectations for giving letter grades, etc...?

Module 6 Self -Check

Do people often give face to face feedback in your country? what kind of feedback is most useful? How can you give feedback in a constructive, helpful way?

Module 5 Self -Check

What do you think is/could be the biggest challenge for Korean students when giving /receiving feedback? Explain.

Module 4 Self Check

What are your experiences teaching writing through creative writing?(poems, short stories, etc) How could you use the ideas/strategies described in Chapter 11 work for your students?

Module 3: Self Check

Is teaching a skill more important than teaching a strategy, or vice versa? Or are they both equally important? Explain your answer.