Instructional+Resources

__Dialogue journal__ A dialogue journal is a written conversation in which a student and the teacher communicate regularly and carry on a private conversation. Dialogue journals provide a communicative context for language and writing development since they are both functional and interactive (Peyton & Reed, 1990). Students write on topics of their choice and the teacher responds with advice, comments, observations, thus, serving as a participant, not an evaluator, in a written conversation. Dialogue journals can and should be used very early in the language learning process. Students can begin by writing a few words and combining them with pictures.