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The Effect of Learner Training on the Use of Digital Tools to Support…
The Effect of Learner Training on the Use of Digital Tools
to Support English Writing Skills
1.Digital literacy has come as a curriculum goal
the usage of technology in classrooms as an integral part of students learning
the International Telecommunication Union (2017) report:
Africa -21.8 %
Asia - 43.9 %
Europe - 79.6 %
fundamental digital competence at universities (New Zealand)
2.Literature review
The use of computers for writing
it makes spelling mistakes visible
it makes the editing of work easy
it improves users’ knowledge of technological tools,
and their expertise and level of comfort
CALL environment
offers significant self-learning opportunities
MS develops academic writing capabilities
major goal:create
autonomous users of technology
it makes speech recognition, audio feedback, and word prediction
It is not necessarily the experience of all learners
Chinese tertiary learners of English as a foreign language:
the skilled writers
spent less time on pre-writing stages and paused less
frequently but for longer times during this stage;
the less skilled writers
used dictionaries more often to compensate for their linguistic
deficiencies.
3. Method
a one-week course (college in New Zealand)
English for Academic Purposes (EAP-1 and EAP-2) courses (nineteen students volunteered to participate)
a survey and a free-writing about their use of technology, pre- and post-training interviews
How does learner training influence the EAP students’ awareness and use of writing aids
made available in MS Word?
4. Research findings
a significant decrease in grammatical errors.
the most common benefit is flexibility
positive attitude of participants
the Translate and Grammar Check features of MS
Word were of much interest.
the Dictionary function was seen as more reliable
usage of Spelling Checker function
5. Conclusion
technology in various forms as
flexible and easily accessible
an overall improvement in the participants’ vocabulary, spelling and
grammatical accuracy
minimal educational interventions can lead students to making greater gains
participants improved vocabulary, spelling and grammar accuracy
Prensky, 2001
Hubbard (2004)
Healey, 2007; Hubbard, 2004; Shetzer & Warschauer, 2000