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Table 6 Teacher’s first misdiagnosis on Evan’s writing

From: How interactive discussions support writing development: the application of Dynamic Assessment for learning Chinese rhetoric

26

T

Do you want to improve your third paragraph or do you want to remain the Dragon method?

27

E

Because of these situation, living in the city is the best choice ((point out his thesis statement, from the article))

28

T

Hum…so you think this is your thesis statement.

29

E

Maybe, it’s possible

30

T

Okay. How do you think if this sentence is his thesis statement? ((turn to the group))

  1. Evan was identified as “E” and the teacher as “T”