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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 685: Getting Feedback on Writing.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 685. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is called “Getting Feedback on Writing,” getting someone’s reaction to, comments on, and corrections on your writing. Let’s get started.

Xica: I just got my paper back from Professor Rodriguez and it’s all marked up.

Lucas: Let me see. It doesn’t look too bad. This is a draft, right? His note at the top says to make revisions before handing in a final version. He’s trying to help you get a better grade.

Xica: Maybe, but there’s nothing he likes about the essay. Look at all of those comments in the margins. He underlined the entire introduction and wrote “run- on sentence” next to it.

Lucas: That’s easy