Kluwin T N, Kelly A B
Department of Educational Foundations and Research, Gallaudet University.
Am Ann Deaf. 1991 Jul;136(3):284-91. doi: 10.1353/aad.2012.0436.
Various claims have been made for the usefulness of dialogue journal writing for improving the writing of less proficient users of English such as deaf writers of English or speakers of English as a second language. However, the bulk of the research has focussed on either student attitudes towards writing or very limited samples of student writing. In a one year project involving the exchange of dialogue journals between 204 pairs of deaf and hearing students in 10 public school districts, the authors sought to evaluate the utility of dialogue journals for improving the writing skills of the deaf writers. The age of the correspondents ranged from 10 to 18 years old in grades 4 through 12. Among the deaf writers, the average hearing loss was 89 dB in the better ear with a range of from 45 dB to 120 dB. The journal entries of 153 of the deaf students were evaluated for both changes in content and syntactic complexity. When the pair of writers maintained a relationship over time, there was an improvement in the quality of the writing of the deaf student and a change in the nature of the contents of the deaf student's entries. Results suggest that for some young deaf writers an exchange of dialogue journals with hearing peers can both improve the writing skills of the deaf writer and develop a relationship between the correspondents. Suggestions for implementing such a program are included.
关于对话日志写作对于提高英语水平欠佳的使用者（如英语聋人写作者或英语作为第二语言的使用者）的写作能力的有用性，已经有各种说法。然而，大部分研究要么聚焦于学生对写作的态度，要么聚焦于非常有限的学生写作样本。在一个为期一年的项目中，10个公立学区的204对聋生和听力正常的学生交换了对话日志，作者试图评估对话日志对提高聋人写作者写作技能的效用。通信者的年龄在4至12年级，从10岁到18岁不等。在聋人写作者中，较好耳朵的平均听力损失为89分贝，范围从45分贝到120分贝。对153名聋生的日志条目进行了内容变化和句法复杂性方面的评估。当这对写作者长期保持联系时，聋生的写作质量有所提高，且聋生条目的内容性质也发生了变化。结果表明，对于一些年轻的聋人写作者来说，与听力正常的同龄人交换对话日志既能提高聋人写作者的写作技能，又能在通信者之间建立关系。文中还包括了实施此类项目的建议。
