====== Giving feedback on a text ======

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Your feedback should be written from a first-person perspective. That means that you should say what YOU think, you shouldn’t make general statements. 

For example: 

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^✅ first-person perspective^❌ general statement^
|**I like** that you had a good introduction.|<del>**Your text is good** because it has a good introduction</del>|

The first-person perspective makes it clear that this is your point of view and that someone else might see things differently. A general statement on the other hand might feel like an unchangeable fact – which usually doesn’t make sense when giving feedback. 

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===== What you can say to start with … =====


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^👍 positive things^👎 negative things^
|• I like …\\ • I think it’s good that …\\ • I think\\ • You did a really good job with …\\ • You wrote a great … \\ • The … really convinced me …|• I didn’t understand your …\\ • I don’t agree with … \\ • I think you could have written … differently\\ • I can’t see why you …|


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**REMEMBER** 

  * Be polite and use friendly words so that your partner doesn’t feel hurt by your criticism. 

  * Write any criticism in such a way that you could accept it when others criticize YOU in that way.
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===== If you don’t agree or don’t understand …  =====

In this case you can say that you’re surprised by something or you could ask questions: 

==== Expressing surprise ====

  * I’m surprised that … 
  * I missed a sentence/section about … 
  * I don’t understand why you … 

==== Questions ====

  * I don’t understand that part – what do you mean by it?
  * Could you explain that in more detail?
  * I would like to know how …


===== Example structure =====

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Your feedback could be structured like this

  - **Describe** what **impression** the text left on you. \\  \\ 
  - **Highlight** one section that you think is **especially good** and **explain why**.  \\  \\ 
  - **Comment on** one section that you think **could be improved** and **explain why and how**.  \\  \\ 
  - **Name** one section that you think **should be longer** and **explain why**.  \\  \\ 
  - Give one **example** that** you would write differently** and **show how you would do it**. 


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Based on the worksheet “Rückmeldungen sind Ich-Botschaften” by Monica Hettrich, Peter Gallin and Urs Ruf ([[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/|CC BY-NC 4.0]])