Abstract
In many L2 writing classrooms, teachers spend a massive amount of time responding to student writing. A large number of them adopt conventional feedback practices, marking student writing laboriously with much attention paid to errors, and dominating the feedback process without sharing responsibility with students. Despite the time and energy spent on written feedback, teachers themselves often feel that their efforts do not pay off as students continue to exhibit the same problems in writing. What’s worse, students lose motivation and confidence in writing and remain passive in the writing classroom. In this talk, I examine the “why”, “what” and “how” of feedback In L2 writing classrooms, and discuss how feedback can be used to motivate students and empower them to take greater responsibility for learning in writing. I also explore how technological and AI tools can be leveraged to maximize student engagement during the feedback process.
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Speaker
Prof. Icy LEE
Professor
About the Speaker
Icy Lee is Professor of Education (TESOL and Language Education) at the National Institute of Education in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her main research interests are second language writing and second language teacher education. Her publications have appeared in numerous international journals, such as TESOL Quarterly, Journal of Second Language Writing, Language Teaching, and System. She is former Co-editor of the Journal of Second Language Writing and currently Principal Associate Editor of The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher and Co-editor of the International Journal of Christianity & English Language Teaching.
Date
April 30th
Time
10:30-11:30
Location
Meng Wah Complex 408-410 / Zoom
Chair
Prof. Lianjiang Jiang & Ms. Nicole Tavares
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