Establishing the applicability of the wiki technology in improving writing in English.
Students today are growing up with the Internet, and this has impacted on how they live and learn. Therefore, teachers can no longer rely solely on traditional pedagogy in English language instruction. More engaging techniques are needed to motivate learning. In English-as-Second-Language (ESL) co...
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| author | Tan, Bee Hoon |
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| description | Students today are growing up with the Internet, and this has impacted on how they live and learn. Therefore,
teachers can no longer rely solely on traditional pedagogy in English language instruction. More engaging
techniques are needed to motivate learning. In English-as-Second-Language (ESL) contexts, students are
often reluctant to write in English. Their reluctance can be attributed to the lack of a real or compelling
reason to write, the absence of complementary support besides the teacher-fronted classroom, and the
ignorance of interesting writing tools. Yet writing in English is an essential skill for students to succeed in their
academic endeavours and later in their career. This observation instigated the present study to investigate
the applicability of wiki for the teaching and learning of English, focusing especially on writing. This study
explored the application of a Writing With Wiki (WWW) approach in both secondary and tertiary contexts
where students were trained to use a Wiki tool to collaboratively write subject-related materials. The task
motivated the students to write as they appreciated the authentic purpose of their writing. It also boosted
students' confidence that they could be website or textbook writers, besides earning to be critical thinkers
in evaluating and integrating related content in the materials they developed. The study affirmed the value
of the WWW approach for English language teaching and learning. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-316812014-07-09T03:40:59Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31681/ Establishing the applicability of the wiki technology in improving writing in English. Tan, Bee Hoon Students today are growing up with the Internet, and this has impacted on how they live and learn. Therefore, teachers can no longer rely solely on traditional pedagogy in English language instruction. More engaging techniques are needed to motivate learning. In English-as-Second-Language (ESL) contexts, students are often reluctant to write in English. Their reluctance can be attributed to the lack of a real or compelling reason to write, the absence of complementary support besides the teacher-fronted classroom, and the ignorance of interesting writing tools. Yet writing in English is an essential skill for students to succeed in their academic endeavours and later in their career. This observation instigated the present study to investigate the applicability of wiki for the teaching and learning of English, focusing especially on writing. This study explored the application of a Writing With Wiki (WWW) approach in both secondary and tertiary contexts where students were trained to use a Wiki tool to collaboratively write subject-related materials. The task motivated the students to write as they appreciated the authentic purpose of their writing. It also boosted students' confidence that they could be website or textbook writers, besides earning to be critical thinkers in evaluating and integrating related content in the materials they developed. The study affirmed the value of the WWW approach for English language teaching and learning. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31681/1/31681.pdf Tan, Bee Hoon (2012) Establishing the applicability of the wiki technology in improving writing in English. In: Seminar Hasil Penyelidikan Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Sains Sosial dan Kamanusiaan , 28-29 Mar. 2012, Residence Hotel @ UNITEN, Selangor, Malaysia. (pp. 482-484). English |
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