The Use of Plotagon to Enhance the English Writing Skill in Secondary School Students
This paper reports on an action research study aimed at implementing Plotagon to enhance English writing skill. The study involved 18 students from 10th grade of a public secondary school in Colombia. The findings showed that the use of Plotagon promoted students’ motivation to write through an inte...
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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| author | Derly Yuleith Guzmán Gámez Johana Andrea Moreno Cuellar |
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| description | This paper reports on an action research study aimed at implementing Plotagon to enhance English writing skill. The study involved 18 students from 10th grade of a public secondary school in Colombia. The findings showed that the use of Plotagon promoted students’ motivation to write through an interactive and attractive interphase to create digital stories. Consequently, students created their own digital story working in pairs and as a result increased their vocabulary, improved their English writing skill and other language skills. The data collection tools (surveys, tests, journals, observations, and dialogs as students’ production) showed that Plotagon is a pedagogical tool that promotes students’ English writing in a fun and meaningful way. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ed9913001154ce5b04eae446f2f40f82023-09-03T02:30:15ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902019-01-0121113915310.15446/profile.v21n1.71721The Use of Plotagon to Enhance the English Writing Skill in Secondary School StudentsDerly Yuleith Guzmán Gámez0Johana Andrea Moreno Cuellar1Universidad de la AmazoniaUniversidad de la AmazoniaThis paper reports on an action research study aimed at implementing Plotagon to enhance English writing skill. The study involved 18 students from 10th grade of a public secondary school in Colombia. The findings showed that the use of Plotagon promoted students’ motivation to write through an interactive and attractive interphase to create digital stories. Consequently, students created their own digital story working in pairs and as a result increased their vocabulary, improved their English writing skill and other language skills. The data collection tools (surveys, tests, journals, observations, and dialogs as students’ production) showed that Plotagon is a pedagogical tool that promotes students’ English writing in a fun and meaningful way.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/71721Digital storyEnglish language learninginformation and communications technologiesPlotagonteenage learnerswriting skill |
| spellingShingle | Derly Yuleith Guzmán Gámez Johana Andrea Moreno Cuellar The Use of Plotagon to Enhance the English Writing Skill in Secondary School Students Profile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development Digital story English language learning information and communications technologies Plotagon teenage learners writing skill |
| title | The Use of Plotagon to Enhance the English Writing Skill in Secondary School Students |
| title_full | The Use of Plotagon to Enhance the English Writing Skill in Secondary School Students |
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| title_short | The Use of Plotagon to Enhance the English Writing Skill in Secondary School Students |
| title_sort | use of plotagon to enhance the english writing skill in secondary school students |
| topic | Digital story English language learning information and communications technologies Plotagon teenage learners writing skill |
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