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Date Posted: 11:53:53 06/17/07 Sun
Author: Viviane
Subject: Peer editing to Anne Karoline

The effectiveness of Class Discussion
There are many teaching methods that we can use inside X(a) classroom – Ww(some are more efficient and some are less) � and all of them have their strengths and limitations. In this essay, the teaching method to be exposed is the class discussion, with its demands and conditions to work. However, X(although) it is a good teaching method, it may have more disadvantages than advantages in its usage.
Class discussion represents a good opportunity for the students to speak and show their own ideas in the classroom; it allows the students to participate in an active process and thus understand better the issue presented. The teacher can see the student�s point of view, if it is following the class� content or even if it is paying attention to the subject. The discussion is also effective after a Wo (presentation film) or some experience that needs analysis, to assure that the issue was quite understood.
On the other hand, class discussion has its limitations too. It is not practical if it involves more than twenty people, because not anybody may have a chance to speak; few people can dominate the discourse; it may not be so efficient with shy students, Ww(which) may avoid speaking in most class sessions; it is time consuming, because it is hard to control a discussion if there is too much to talk about, and if the flow of ideas is intense. Class discussion also requires a careful planning, good guidelines and question outline, or it can get off track and spend more time then the expected.
For the reasons that could be noted in the paragraphs above, class discussion has a limited use (less than 20 people, after presentation of something that demands analysis, time available), thus, it presents a major number of disadvantages in its use. It is good for the teacher to plan carefully when, where and how the class discussion will be used; it is also good to check if the conditions for this kind of in-class activity are appropriate.

Anne,

Your text is really nice. Your thesis is debatable because there are people who believe that class discussion has lots more of advantages than disadvantages. And your text supports your thesis. You showed what people that disagree of you could say and showed your point of view.
I think that on your conclusion instead of use parenthesis you should use “for example”, and the sentence “some are more efficient and some are less” would be better “some are more and some are less efficient”. The professor asked us to use quotations and I didn’t found any in your text.

I like your text very much, good job!!!

Viviane

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