As a part of teacher’s professional development, on July 30, 2015, BIL faculty members attended the fifth session of monthly reading circle, “Journal Club”. The two readers, Mr. Shams Ud Duha and Mr. Shuvo Saha shared an informative article titled, “Improving Student Peer Feedback” and conducted an interactive discussion session with the participants. The session was held in the Writing Centre.
Giving peer feedback is a common class practice provided by the learners and guided by the BIL faculty members so both the readers instigated the session discussing its purposes and objectives in our teaching context. They addressed not only the benefits of peer feedback in terms of learners but also the teacher’s perspectives regarding this. Participants pointed out that using peer feedback as a classroom methodology also enhancing teacher’s efficiency. In the meantime, readers elicited opinions on whether teachers provide enough liberty to learners for peer feedback in the class and also whether those feedbacks are constructive or very traditional. Subsequently, participants were encouraged to share the positive outcomes of peer feedback on learners. The session was quite interactive and evolved with several good ideas on how to improve student peer feedback.