Table 3 The analytical scheme for classifying peer comments
Part A (peer review classification) (8) | ||||
Area | Global | Local | ||
Nature | Revision-oriented | Non-revision-oriented | Revision-oriented | Non-revision-oriented |
Type | ||||
Evaluation | You did not compare and contrast the information. | I like your summary paragraph! | There is no paraphrasing of the title in the introduction. | The sentences are mostly correct and interesting! |
Clarification | What is the general trend in your overview paragraph? | (No example for this category) | What do you mean with “that period of time” in the second body paragraph? | (No example for this category) |
Suggestion | You can divide the content into two paragraphs. | Your overview paragraph should stay as it is. | It’s better to use past tens bcz it is for 2014. | You should only use the present tense for this chart. You did it Well! |
Alteration | Change your introduction into X. | (No example for this category) | Change “propotion” to “proportion.” | (No example for this category) |
Part B (IELTS assessment criteria) (4) | ||||
Task achievement | You can highlight the points of highest and lowest proportion to give idea about the whole trend (e.g., “There is no paraphrasing of the title in the introduction”). | |||
Coherence and cohesion | You can link each process with a few connectors, such as, first, second, next… (e.g., “The sentences in paragraph two are not linked properly”). | |||
Lexical resources | You can also use more vocabulary rather than increase and decrease. (e.g., “More vocabulary can be used instead of rented and owned”). | |||
Grammatical range and accuracy | Do not put (The) before name of countries (e.g., “Start the new sentences with capital letter”). | |||