Empirical characterization of the written expression ability in English in a high school in the Mayabeque province

The development of the English writing skill in the Cuban Preuniversity is a necessity. Characterizing such process was the objective of this study. Initially, a historical-logical study of the literature revealed the need of designing authentic and contextualized tasks, achieving the communicative,...

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Main Authors: Rodney Ortiz Oliva, Luis Mijares Nuñez
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Pinar del Río "Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca" 2023-01-01
Series:Revista MENDIVE
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Online Access:https://mendive.upr.edu.cu/index.php/MendiveUPR/article/view/3125
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description The development of the English writing skill in the Cuban Preuniversity is a necessity. Characterizing such process was the objective of this study. Initially, a historical-logical study of the literature revealed the need of designing authentic and contextualized tasks, achieving the communicative, interactive and reflective character of the process, and the need of a process-product action-oriented process with a flexible, strategic character which stimulates self-regulation and technological mediation. An empirical characterization of the development of the English writing skill in the province of Mayabeque, which constituted a qualitative descriptive study, carried out with the use of a lesson observation guideline, a teacher´s lesson plan analysis guideline and a pedagogical test, with a sample of 78 people students, professors, directives and supervisors-, revealed that the students did not reach the pre-intermediate level of development of the ability to write in English. Insufficiencies were also identified in the authenticity of the designed writing tasks, in the interactivity of the writing process, in the lack of balance between activities aimed at linguistic correction and those focused on appropriate use. In addition, non-inclusion of reflection and self-regulation were identified, as well as an insufficient technological mediation, and limitations in the cognitive-affective unity. The results showed the need of transforming such object of study through the design of a communicative, developing and tech-mediated methodology.
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spelling doaj.art-51745046b7374fd498ec3ea1ac3e2e582023-01-11T18:50:47ZspaUniversidad de Pinar del Río "Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca"Revista MENDIVE1815-76962023-01-01211e3125e31251349Empirical characterization of the written expression ability in English in a high school in the Mayabeque provinceRodney Ortiz Oliva0Luis Mijares Nuñez1Instituto Preuniversitario Urbano Ignacio Agramonte y Loynaz, Mayabeque, Cuba"Universidad de Pinar del Río Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca"The development of the English writing skill in the Cuban Preuniversity is a necessity. Characterizing such process was the objective of this study. Initially, a historical-logical study of the literature revealed the need of designing authentic and contextualized tasks, achieving the communicative, interactive and reflective character of the process, and the need of a process-product action-oriented process with a flexible, strategic character which stimulates self-regulation and technological mediation. An empirical characterization of the development of the English writing skill in the province of Mayabeque, which constituted a qualitative descriptive study, carried out with the use of a lesson observation guideline, a teacher´s lesson plan analysis guideline and a pedagogical test, with a sample of 78 people students, professors, directives and supervisors-, revealed that the students did not reach the pre-intermediate level of development of the ability to write in English. Insufficiencies were also identified in the authenticity of the designed writing tasks, in the interactivity of the writing process, in the lack of balance between activities aimed at linguistic correction and those focused on appropriate use. In addition, non-inclusion of reflection and self-regulation were identified, as well as an insufficient technological mediation, and limitations in the cognitive-affective unity. The results showed the need of transforming such object of study through the design of a communicative, developing and tech-mediated methodology.https://mendive.upr.edu.cu/index.php/MendiveUPR/article/view/3125caracterización empíricahabilidad de escrituraingléspreuniversitario.
spellingShingle Rodney Ortiz Oliva
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Empirical characterization of the written expression ability in English in a high school in the Mayabeque province
Revista MENDIVE
caracterización empírica
habilidad de escritura
inglés
preuniversitario.
title Empirical characterization of the written expression ability in English in a high school in the Mayabeque province
title_full Empirical characterization of the written expression ability in English in a high school in the Mayabeque province
title_fullStr Empirical characterization of the written expression ability in English in a high school in the Mayabeque province
title_full_unstemmed Empirical characterization of the written expression ability in English in a high school in the Mayabeque province
title_short Empirical characterization of the written expression ability in English in a high school in the Mayabeque province
title_sort empirical characterization of the written expression ability in english in a high school in the mayabeque province
topic caracterización empírica
habilidad de escritura
inglés
preuniversitario.
url https://mendive.upr.edu.cu/index.php/MendiveUPR/article/view/3125
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