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Download full textYing He – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2024
Several barriers hinder students from producing clear and impactful written work. Writing assignments are often given on an individual basis, similar to homework, and without any assistance. Students in a classroom context have access to both their classmates and the teacher while they are working in groups or pairs as part of their assignments.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Direct linkZhang, Qi; Lu, Zhouxiang – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
The current study investigates the applications of the pinyin input system, a Chinese word processing method, for writing on Facebook in order to help CFL (Chinese as a foreign language) learners from two Irish universities to improve their handwriting in Chinese characters on paper. The data were collected from writing activities conducted over…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Orthographic Symbols, Alphabets, Chinese
Downes, Toni; Hingerty, Christina – 1988
This pamphlet presents a range of software packages and activities for primary English teachers to use in the writing classroom. The ideas outlined in the pamphlet are designed to support writers in the various stages of the writing process within the context of a rich writing environment. The activities outlined in this pamphlet are designed for…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews, Courseware, Elementary Education
Scali, Nancy – Writing Notebook, 1990
Describes several writing projects that use computers to expose students to art, cultural history, and present day technology. Suggests activities for Prehistoric art, Egyptian art, African art, Japanese art, and Native American art. (MG)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art History, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Heap, James L. – 1986
A study examined the behavior of first graders as they collaborated on a writing exercise using a word processor. Data were collected over three weeks in the form of fieldnotes and 13.5 hours of videotape of students working at the computer. Videotapes were examined to locate patterns of discourse and physical actions, and by abstracting from the…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries
Chadwick, Stephen; Bruce, Nigel – Hong Kong Papers in Lingustics and Language Teaching, 1989
A study at Hong Kong University explored the use of the word processor as a writing tool in enhancing a process approach to writing instruction and the effect it has on writing performance, student attitudes to writing and revising, and the process by which students revise their scripts. A comparative analysis was done on a control group of 13…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Izzo, John – 1996
A study at the University of Aizu (Japan) investigated characteristics of technical writing assignments composed in English as a second language on computer workstations and by hand. The in-class workstation essays and hand-written essays of 24 students revealed that while all were of similar overall quality, the workstation essays were not as…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, English for Special Purposes, English (Second Language)
Ros i Sole, Cristina; Mardomingo, Raquel – ReCALL, 2004
This paper discusses a framework for designing online tasks that capitalizes on the possibilities that the Internet and the Web offer for language learning. To present such a framework, we draw from constructivist theories (Brooks and Brooks, 1993) and their application to educational technology (Newby, Stepich, Lehman and Russell, 1996; Jonassen,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Open Universities, Student Attitudes, Distance Education
Guidelines, 1992
This document consists of five years (1988-1992, 10 issues) of the Singapore-based journal "Guidelines." Issues contain articles on a variety of topics in second language teaching. Topics include classroom language teaching strategies, techniques for teaching specific language skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking) or knowledge…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Business Communication, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
