The Use of Peer Review to Develop Students’ Writing Skill

Abstract

The present study aims at investigating the use of peer review as a technique to assess and evaluate students’ compositions. The research aims to place the peer correction as a tool in improving students’ writing ability. To reach such an aim, we have used two instruments; a students’ questionnaire and teachers’ interview to get insight about the process of peer review at the Department of English at the University of Abdelhamid Ben Badis, Mostaganem. The sample of the questionnaire was taken from the second year LMD students, whereas the teachers were mostly the teachers of the written expression module. The questionnaire along with the interview have provided both quantitative and qualitative data to supply the needs of the dissertation.