This document discusses dialogue journals as a way for teachers to communicate more effectively with students, especially those learning English as a second language. It defines a dialogue journal as a written conversation between a student and teacher that occurs regularly. The benefits mentioned include extending contact time to better know students, managing classes with varied language abilities, and creating optimal conditions for language learning. Logistics of implementing dialogue journals, such as materials, writing frequency and length, topics, and potential journal partners are also outlined.

1. UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL
ECUADOR
FACULTAD DE FILOSOFIA,
LETRAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA
EDUCACION
Plurilingue
Quinto semestre
Monica Saenz

2. DIALOGUE JOURNAL
More time to communicate with the students

3. WHY IS IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE
STUDENTS?
 To learn about their interests, needs, backgrounds

4.  The need to communicate is intensified with
students learning English as a second language

5. TEACHER HAVE FOUND DIALOGUE JOURNAL
AS AN:
 interactive writing on an individual basis

6.  Dialogue journals not only open a new channel of
communication, but they also provide another context for
language and literacy development.

7.  It allows students to use reading and writing in purposeful
ways and provides a natural, comfortable bridge to other
kinds of writing.

8. DEFINITION
 A dialogue journal is a written conversation in which
a student and teacher communicate regularly

9.  It is used in a range of educational settings with children
and adults, with both native and nonnative English
speakers

10. BENEFITS

11. Extending contact time with students and getting to know
them in a way that may not be possible otherwise.

12. Management of classes with students of varying
language, ability, and interest levels.

13. OPTIMAL LANGUAGE LEARNING CONDITIONS.
Writing about
Writing about
Writing about

14. LOGISTICS

15. MATERIALS

16. FREQUENCY OF WRITING

17. LENGTH OF WRITING
 Set a minimum

18. WRITING INSTRUCTIONS AND TOPICS

19. JOURNAL PARTNERS DO NOT HAVE TO BE
TEACHERS

20. EXERCISE
 FOLDABLE

21. USEFUL TO:
 It is used to write in its multiples pages the
information that students need to learn about an
specific topic.

22. ACTIVITY
 Tear out a page o paper
 Fold the page of paper in eight.
 Write a topic in each space (eight topics)
 Ask your students to write about the topic whatever
the know.
 Share the information with the rest of the class.