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ERIC Number: EJ539288
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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A Comparative Study of Two ESL Writing Environments: A Computer-Assisted Classroom and a Traditional Oral Classroom.
Sullivan, Nancy; Pratt, Ellen
System, v24 n4 p491-501 Dec 1996
Compares students in two English-as-a-Second-Language writing environments: a networked computer-assisted classroom and a traditional oral classroom. Results indicate that while the writing environment has no effect on attitudes toward writing with computers or writing apprehension, writing quality improves in the computer-assisted classroom and that discourse patterns in the two environments are different. (24 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Classroom Environment, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Group Discussion, Peer Groups, Second Language Instruction, Spanish Speaking, Student Attitudes, Teacher Role, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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