Monday, June 7, 2010
Benefits of Low-Stakes Writing
Elbow's suggestions happen to be of great interest to me, given the fact that most students in Puerto Rico are reluctant to learning a second language. Implementing low-stakes writing in our ESL classroom on a daily basis can be of great benefit since practice makes perfect. It might be of great help for our students because it keeps them busy, it lowers anxiety, serves as a relaxation technique, and makes them practice frequently at the same time. Probably by the time our next standardized tests are due, our students can preform better in their writing section. I'm inspired to implement it with my students this coming school year.
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I agree with your comments, specially the fact that when you practice constantly a skill you develop the ability, and also lower the anxiety levels of not knowing what to or how to do it.
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ReplyDeletelow stake daily with our students during the school year.
I think that we can get our students to write with all of Peter Elbow's suggestion.
Journals, reflections and sribes could be excellent when low stakes writing needed!
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