Teaching Narrative Text through Peer Feedback

The implementation of peer feedback typically can be applied in a number of steps and occur at different settings. Generally, peer feedback encompasses assigning students to groups of two, three, or four who exchange completed first drafts and provide  feedback on each others' work before they revise them (Hyland, 2003). This normally takes place during class time. Nelson (1995) estimates that this strategy needs about thirty up to forty minutes in class or at home, whereas Hyland (2003) predicts that it can take up to an hour to complete, particularly if readers are invited to provide written comments and writers are required to give written response to readers' comments.