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Developing An Electronic Film Review For October Sky, Farrah Dawn Keeler
Developing An Electronic Film Review For October Sky, Farrah Dawn Keeler
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this Electronic Film Review (EFR) Project was to take the feature film October Sky and apply the EFR approach to an ESL setting. By the use of a special EFRaid player, high-intermediate to low-advanced ESL/EFL students access vocabulary and cultural material in short segmented clips in order to improve their listening and overall comprehension of the film. This material was developed and tested by the materials developer of this project.
Preparing Students For Peer Review, Alison Irvine Mcmurry
Preparing Students For Peer Review, Alison Irvine Mcmurry
Theses and Dissertations
In order to enhance the effective use of peer review, I have developed materials to assist teachers in compliance with the standards for Masters' projects enacted by the Department of Linguistics and English Language. Published literature shows that as peer review grows in popularity in both L1 and L2 English writing classes, many researchers and teachers are trying to increase its effectiveness. In some cases it is very effective, while in others it is marginally effective. This has led researchers to ask why. The difference between helpful and less helpful peer review seems to be in the preparation. In studies …