Question

Which do you do when you use the "say back" strategy during revision?

Answer 1

When a teacher engages students in a writing activity one of the options afterwards is to work with their other classmates so that they can react themselves to their peers´ performance.

During these peer review sessions , students may encounter with some difficulties because they may not be sure about what comments to make.

The teacher may offer the students the possibility to make use of the "say back" strategy . First of all, the writer reads the text in a loud voice. Subsequently, the other student will stop the writer in one of the sections and will directly "say back" what they grasp from hearing the writing piece. They will provide his or her peer with a reflection,general feelings or opinions about the text. However, they will not give feedback on how to correct the text in case it needs correction.

Finally, they will discuss these comments so that the writer can profit from them.

This strategy fosters conversation among peers and the possibility for the writers to understand readers´ interpretations.