Audience or Learners?— Non-English Major Post-graduates’ Peer Feedback for English Classroom Presentation

YAN Wenqing

Foreign Language Learning Theory and Practice ›› 2023, Vol. 181 ›› Issue (1) : 70.

Foreign Language Learning Theory and Practice ›› 2023, Vol. 181 ›› Issue (1) : 70.

Audience or Learners?— Non-English Major Post-graduates’ Peer Feedback for English Classroom Presentation

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Classroom presentation activities provide opportunities for language output, but it is not clear whether the audience students are making good use of the classroom time and whether effective learning really takes place. Through analysis of classroom observation and questionnaire survey results, this paper argues that the use of “asking questions” as peer feedback task can promote the non-English major graduates’ attention to English classroom presentation contents. Specific and “descriptive evaluation” of presentation strategies and techniques also proves to be an effective form of peer feedback. In making descriptive evaluation, students should be guided to focus more on deeper issues of structure, logic and the use of supporting details. It is also necessary for teachers to help students pay sufficient attention to the accuracy and appropriateness of the English language used in presentation by “looking for mistakes”. The dual focus on both ideas and language not only guarantees the effectiveness of classroom presentation but also provides graduates with the chance to realize the gap between their language skills and communicative needs. Peer feedback is therefore an integral part of English classroom presentation activities that can urge all the members of the class to make full use of the classroom time to develop their skills.

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audience / learners / non-English major post-graduates / classroom presentation / peer feedback

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YAN Wenqing. Audience or Learners?— Non-English Major Post-graduates’ Peer Feedback for English Classroom Presentation[J]. Foreign Language Learning Theory and Practice. 2023, 181(1): 70

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