Cultivating Confidence in L2 Writing: Communicative and Peer Review Practices
Edited by Ashton E. Dawes and Kathryn Jurns
(Positive Pedagogical Praxis Series)
To be released in May 2026
Cultivating Confidence in L2 Writing: Communicative and Peer Review Practices showcases innovative activities for L2 writing classrooms. The goal for this volume is to provide teachers with practical tools to incorporate communication into writing classes, creating opportunities for students to interact and discuss both their writing and the writing process.
This volume shares research and practices from tertiary educators across a variety of contexts and a range of student proficiency levels. Collectively, the authors discuss the themes of re-imagining peer review as a communicative, cognitive, and confidence-building practice. Chapters describe communication as an engine of learning and explore how technology can enhance peer review and communication without sacrificing the human element. By integrating these activities or making adaptations to better meet the needs of their class, teachers can help students build confidence as language learners and authors, leading to more engaging and purposeful discussions in L2 writing classrooms.
This volume shares research and practices from tertiary educators across a variety of contexts and a range of student proficiency levels. Collectively, the authors discuss the themes of re-imagining peer review as a communicative, cognitive, and confidence-building practice. Chapters describe communication as an engine of learning and explore how technology can enhance peer review and communication without sacrificing the human element. By integrating these activities or making adaptations to better meet the needs of their class, teachers can help students build confidence as language learners and authors, leading to more engaging and purposeful discussions in L2 writing classrooms.
About the editors
Ashton E. Dawes is a language lecturer at Rikkyo University in Japan. She received her Master’s of Applied Linguistics from the University of Mississippi, USA, and has nearly a decade of L2 writing teaching experience.
Kathryn Jurns is a lecturer at Rikkyo University in Japan. She received her MEd in TESOL from the University of Cincinnati in the US and has over a decade of L2 writing teaching experience.
Kathryn Jurns is a lecturer at Rikkyo University in Japan. She received her MEd in TESOL from the University of Cincinnati in the US and has over a decade of L2 writing teaching experience.
Contents
Foreword Paul Kei Matsuda
Introduction. Communicative and Peer Review Practices: Cultivating Confidence in Writing. Kathryn Jurns
Part 1: Reimagining Peer Review
Introduction. Communicative and Peer Review Practices: Cultivating Confidence in Writing. Kathryn Jurns
Part 1: Reimagining Peer Review
- Chapter 1 Normalizing Norming: Training Your Students to Be Reviewers. Kathryn Jurns and Ashton E. Dawes
- Chapter 2 The Impact of Instructor-Structured Guidance on Enhancing Peer Review Effectiveness. Tamilla Mammadova
- Chapter 3 Transforming Peer Review Into Panel Discussions for L2 Feedback Literacy. Ashton E. Dawes
- Chapter 4 Using Peer-Review Stations to Build Confidence and Promote Global Revision in L2 Writing. Kathryn Jurns and Claire Bower
- Chapter 5 Writing With Confidence: Developing Ideas Through Reverse Outlining in Peer Sessions. Naoko Kato
- Chapter 6 The Effects of Collaborative Passage Development Tasks on Commenting Skills. Naoya Shibata
- Chapter 7 From Silence to Synergy: Sparking Collaborative Learning in L2 Writing Classes. Tiffany Blatchford, Michelle Jerrems, and I-Ting Tsai
- Chapter 8 Poster Conferences in a University Classroom: A Collaborative Approach to Scaffolding the Writing of Complex Academic Texts. Anna Loseva
- Chapter 9 Linking Writing, “Peer Checks,” and Peer Review in a Content and Language Integrated Learning Course. Michael Griffiths
- Chapter 10 Confidence Through Oral Peer Review: Communication and Reflection in EFL Writing. Akihiro Saito
- Chapter 11 “To Err Is Human, to Correct Multimodal”: Boosting EFL Learners’ Writing Skills Through Synchronous Video-Mediated Peer Feedback. Merve Kıymaz
- Chapter 12 Integrating AI and Traditional Tools: A Practical Approach to L2 Peer Review. Ibtesam Hussein and David Clark
- Chapter 13 Simulating Peer Interaction: The Potential of AI in EFL Writing Classrooms. Lucas A. Dickerson
- Chapter 14 Integrating Multimodal Feedback with Feedback Phrase Banks: An Effective Approach for L2 Peer Review. Ibtesam Hussein and Sonia I. López-López
Publication details
Publication date: May 2026
Print book, $29.99
Ebook: $19.99
Series: Positive Pedagogical Praxis
ISBN (ebook):
ISBN (print):
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47908/44
Print book, $29.99
Ebook: $19.99
Series: Positive Pedagogical Praxis
ISBN (ebook):
ISBN (print):
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47908/44