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            How do classroom workshops improve student performance in writing? I think classroom workshop is an excellent strategy to improving students’ writing skills: the mechanics, the editorial procedure, and the opportunity to gain ideas for papers in a cultivating environment are crucial. The workshop strategy creates a “student centered” atmosphere, which is geared to develop students writing abilities.  The collaborative unit is an excellent source to get students to participate in the feedback of assignments, specifically “shy” students. Often a traditional classroom set up alienates students and students often are competitive in the traditional setting.

As a role of a teacher, I will want to eliminate the competitiveness of students and form groups that encourage “great writing skills” for each individual. I don’t know about this democratic perspective concerning workshops, but I do know that it creates good network, and bonding that needs to take place in the classroom. The goal should be to develop an “authentic voice” for all of the students and workshops are a good atmosphere for that development.