Peer teaching and peer learning revisited
In 1991, Wendy Assinder described a classroom experiment she had carried out in which her students prepared their own classroom materials and then taught them to each other. She subsequently reported on the positive effects of this approach on their language learning, and on their attitudes towards...
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| Published in: | ELT journal Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 218 - 226 |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
01-07-2000
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| Online Access: | Get full text |
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| Summary: | In 1991, Wendy Assinder described a classroom experiment she had carried out in which her students prepared their own classroom materials and then taught them to each other. She subsequently reported on the positive effects of this approach on their language learning, and on their attitudes towards learning. Inspired by her findings, and those of others, two university language teachers conducted a similar classroom experiment, in which students actively participated in developing and delivering learning materials for an ESP course in legal English. This article describes how the course was conducted, and the results of the course evaluation, to which the students and teachers both contributed. It then discusses the results, which were much less positive than Assinder's, Attempting to see why this might have been the case, and making recommendations for future uses of the approach. |
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| Bibliography: | ArticleID:54.3.218 istex:4DC1BAF89E8C0FA5ACEF5D62AD1C752E0E9C69A3 ark:/67375/HXZ-NHMHWM4Z-0 |
| ISSN: | 0951-0893 1477-4526 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/elt/54.3.218 |