WRITING TOOLS FOR ESP
WRITING TOOLS FOR ESP
Author(s): Anișoara PopSubject(s): Foreign languages learning, School education, Vocational Education, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Sociology of Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: writing tools; blog writing; ESP; Edmodo; New Technologies;
Summary/Abstract: This paper is a retrospective narrative presentation of novel technology-enhanced writing (TE-W) projects I employed successfully with ESP students: blog writing in the case of Medical and Business English, creation of digital leaflets and booklets in the case of Tourism and Business English. Writing activities explored the affordances of different asynchronous writing tools such as: Littlebird Tales, Smore, and StoryJumper, embedded in Blogger and Edmodo platforms. Writing effectiveness is analysed in terms of revision and collaboration on tasks as well as multimedia diversity and communicativeness. Convenience of access anytime from anywhere, feedback transparency and peer learning, but also increased engagement, task attractiveness, and motivation were some of the identified strong points of the employed writing tools in ESP.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 348-352
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English