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Gayle L. Nelson
Researcher at Georgia State University
Publications - 27
Citations - 2009
Gayle L. Nelson is an academic researcher from Georgia State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Peer feedback & Egyptian Arabic. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 27 publications receiving 1921 citations.
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Chinese students' perceptions of ESL peer response group interaction
Joan G. Carson,Gayle L. Nelson +1 more
TL;DR: This paper investigated Chinese students' interaction styles and reactions to one particular pedagogic technique: peer response groups in ESL composition classes and found that Chinese students were reluctant to initiate comments and when they did, monitored themselves carefully so as not to precipitate conflict within the group.
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ESL students' perceptions of effectiveness in peer response groups
Gayle L. Nelson,Joan G. Carson +1 more
TL;DR: This paper investigated Chinese and Spanish-speaking students' perceptions of their interactions in peer response groups in an ESL composition class, and found that both the students preferred negative comments that identified problems in their drafts and preferred the teacher's comments over those of other students.
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Peer Response Groups: Do L2 Writers Use Peer Comments in Revising Their Drafts?
Gayle L. Nelson,John M. Murphy +1 more
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Cross-Cultural Pragmatics: Strategy Use in Egyptian Arabic and American English Refusals.
TL;DR: This paper investigated similarities and differences between Egyptian Arabic and American English refusals using a modified version of the discourse completion test (DCT) developed by Beebe et al. (1990).
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Writing Groups: Cross-Cultural Issues.
Joan G. Carson,Gayle L. Nelson +1 more
TL;DR: This article found that writing groups may be problematic for ESL students from collectivist cultures (e.g., Japan, the People's Republic of China) in at least three ways: writing groups, as used in many English as a Second Language (ESL) composition classrooms, would be familiar to ESL students, where group work is common in school both as a means of knowledge acquisition and as a vehicle for reinforcing the group ethic.