ERIC Number: EJ1129210
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Jul
Pages: 21
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Mobile Learning to Improve Writing in ESL Teaching
Noriega, Heidy Selene Robles
TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, v27 n2 p182-202 Jul 2016
This article reports on the results of a study concerning the type of texts and their features produced by a student after using mobile technology as a support to improve the development of the students' writing skills in a second language. The Functional Systemic Linguistic (FSL), Genre Pedagogical Approach (GPA), and mobile learning concepts were employed as theoretical framework. The participant of the research was a freshman student that belongs to an English narrative course in a private university of the Caribbean region, Universidad Del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. This case study analyzed the student's writing during a period of eight-week course, which was then complemented with an interview conducted by the researcher. The results reveal that genre approach can be implemented with mobile technology to increase students' writing ability.
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Writing Skills, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), College Freshmen, Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Writing Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Autobiographies
Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN). Malang, East Java, 65145, Indonesia. TEFLIN Publication Division, Department of English, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jalan Semarang 5, Tel: +62-341-570566; Fax: +62-341-567475; e-mail: journal@teflin.org; Web site: http://journal.teflin.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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