Dialogue journal

A dialogue journal is an ongoing interaction between two people to exchange experiences, ideas, or reflections. It is used most often in education as a means of sustained written interaction between students and teachers [1][2] at all education levels. It can be used to promote second language learning (English and other languages) and learning in all areas.[3]

Dialogue journals are used in many schools as a form of communication between teachers and students to improve the life that they share in the classroom.[4] by exchanging ideas and shared topics of interest and to promote writing in a non-evaluative context. They are also used between students, to promote student engagement with what they are learning; and between teachers and teacher trainers to provide professional development opportunities and improve teaching.

Dialogue journal interaction is done in notebooks, letters, audio journals, and email exchanges. The important feature is that two people interact with each other, about topics and issues of interest to both, and the interaction continues over time.

Dialogue journals are a teacher-developed practice first researched in the 1980s in an ethnographic study of a sixth grade American classroom with mostly native English speakers,[5] supported by a National Institute of Education grant to the Center for Applied Linguistics. Applications to other educational settings developed quickly as a way to enhance writing development and the teacher-student relationship across linguistic and cultural barriers, second language instruction, deaf education, and adult literacy education. More recently, dialogue journal use has expanded to many countries around the world.

References

  1. ↑ Peyton, J.K., & Staton, J. (1993). Dialogue journals in the multilingual classroom: Building language fluency and writing skills through written interaction. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
  2. ↑ Staton, J. (1988). An introduction to dialogue journal communication. In J. Staton, R. Shuy, J. K. Peyton, & L. Reed (Eds.), Dialogue journal communication: Classroom, linguistic, social, and cognitive views (pp. 1-32). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
  3. ↑ Peyton, J.K. (2000)."Dialogue Journals: Interactive Writing to Develop Language and Literacy". Retrieved 13 January 2016.. Washington, DC: Center for Applied Linguistics.
  4. ↑ Staton, J. (1980). Writing and counseling: Using a dialogue journal. Language Arts, 57(5).
  5. ↑ Staton, J., Shuy, R., Peyton, J.K., & Reed, L.(1988). Dialogue journal communication: Classroom, linguistic, social, and cognitive views (pp. 1-32). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

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