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Educational Development and Exploration

A Review of Literature on Peer Review in ESL/EFL Writing

Shuning Ma

Abstract


Peer review is an activity for revising writing by peers. It gets more and more attention in pedagogical use with the spread
of the popular student-centered idea. This paper focuses on peer review use in ESL/EFL writing classes. It reviews the recent papers from
three aspects: the eff ectiveness of peer review, the factors infl uencing its eff ectiveness and the necessary training for student reviewers.
Some limitations and implications are given in the fi nal part, aiming at help both teachers and students achieve better peer review eff ect and
pointing out the future research directions for the researchers in this area.

Keywords


peer review, eff ectiveness, motivation, training

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ede.v1i10.5837

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