The Writing Conference

A writing conference is a discussion between only two parties, a teacher and a student, about his or her writing. A conference may take as much time as the parties like, it can be a few seconds or many hours. It can do in anyplace, such as a corner of a classroom, cafeteria or teacher’s office. It may be done by telephone. Carnicelli also described the word “a student” that is not “a class”. In writing conference, they talk together rather than written comments.
Carnicelli showed many advantages in using the writing conference, such as
· A student likes the conference method because it serve for individual demand.
· During the conference, a student has a privacy and feel in security.
· It save time for the teacher because it use taking instead of writing, a written comments take time.
· For a teacher, it is easier to talk than to write about complex problem.
· In conference, it has a two-way communication unlike only one-way communication in written comments. A student can ask or explain whatever he or she desires. Then, the student can learn more.
· It can increase the teacher’s effectiveness while actually decreasing the amount of teaching time.
Next, Carnicelli suggested for the role of conference teacher. Finally, he displayed two examples of conversation between a student and a teacher from some writing conference.