Peer review questions for half-way seminar

Instructions for peer reviews

Work with one text at a time. If there is not much text, discuss what the text might include, and how it should be structured.

Peer review round 1: The structure of the Introduction, Background and Method sections

• Does the Introduction follow the ‘funnel’ shape, moving from general to specific?
• Is it clear what the problem is, and is there a clear link between the problem and the aim/research questions?
• Does the Introduction catch the reader’s attention and show that there is a need for the research?
• Is the Introduction not too long? Are there paragraphs that should be moved to Background?
• Are there terms that should be explained?
• Is the writing concise, precise and stylistically appropriate? (See slides from Part 2 of the lecture.)

Peer review round 2: Paragraph structure

Select two or three paragraphs per text to work on. Spend time on each paragraph, helping each other to make the text as clear and logical as possible.

If you haven’t written any text yet: write a first draft of one paragraph and discuss it with your peers.

• Are paragraphs developed in a clear, logical way?
• Do they develop from a general point to more specific details?
• Does the first sentence clearly introduce the topic of the paragraph?
• Are ideas clearly linked together?
• Has the writer used ’this/these’ to refer the reader back?
• Are there any issues with word choice, style or grammar?