ELT365 · Day 202 — Peer editing in writing tasks

Idea — Peer editing asks learners to review each other’s drafts before a final version. It develops critical reading, reduces teacher correction load, and gives writers a real audience. It needs training to work well.

Example — First time: give learners two specific things to look for — topic sentence and one linking word. Don’t ask for general ‘comments’; learners don’t yet know what good writing looks like.

Try — Design a peer-editing checklist with exactly three items for a writing type your class just practised. Items should be binary: yes/no, not ‘is the writing good?’

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