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language centre 20-10-2011 Margaret McKinney Ruben Comadina Granson University of Groningen, the Netherlands International E- learning Conference WSU - East London 31 Oct - 1 Nov 2011
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language centre
20-10-2011
Margaret McKinneyRuben Comadina GransonUniversity of Groningen, the Netherlands
International E-learning
Conference WSU - East London 31 Oct - 1 Nov 2011
OverviewBlue Sky thinking Remediation language context A descending spiral or a bold new direction?A digital ageSpanish blogsBlogs as motivatorsBlogs for “independent users”The New Literacy: Life WritingThe bête noir of academic writing?The student voice
Blue Sky Thinking
Thinking outside the box to formulate a vision of an ideal future, unconstrained by current conditions.
Brainstorming to open up our minds as widely as possible.
Remediation Language Context
“Students in remedial courses have more negative outcomes in comparison to similar students not in remediation … In addition, remediation is estimated to have a negative effect on degree completion within four years.” (Bettinger & Long, 2004)
Remediation “mediational process” (Klenk & Kibby, 2000, p.681)
A Descending Spiral or a Bold New Direction?
Teachers complain about the declining standard of writing
“Digital natives” vs. “Digital immigrants”
Integrating web technologies into teaching is inevitable.
“…the single biggest problem facing education today is that our digital immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language - that of the pre-digital age- are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new language.” (Prensky 2001)
Work on your digital accent!
A Digital Age
“Technology isn’t killing our ability to write. It’s reviving it – and pushing our literacy in bold new directions.” (Thompson 2009)
Spanish Blortfolios
Blog + portfolio
“Basic Users”More guidance
Blog 1 Blog 2 Blog 3
Blogs as Motivators for “Basic Users”They give students an authentic purpose to write for a real online audiencePosts and comments provide collaboration opportunitiesTT can guide SS to appropriate online resources via blogs Shy students often find their voiceThey extend learning beyond the classroom environmentThey increase the sense of community in a classThey allow SS to share their work with family members around the world They propel SS for life in an international platform
Blogs for “Independent Users”
Topic: Language learningPurpose: to reflect on their communication skill needs, progress and goalsAudience: like-minded individualsRole of writer: reflective explorerSituation: SS preparing for a career in an international setting
Blog 1 Blog 2 Blog 3
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The New Literacy: Life Writing
“A mind-boggling 38 percent of all Stanford student writing took place out of the classroom in real-life situations.” (Lunsford 2006)
“Most Americans never wrote anything, ever, that wasn’t a school assignment. Unless they got a job that required producing text (like in law, advertising, or media), they’d leave school and virtually never construct a paragraph again.” (Thompson 2009)
The Bête Noir of Academic Writing?
Acute awareness of audience (purpose, register and style)No text speak in any student-written academic paperMore investment in language acquisitionGoal setting“Specificity and proximity ”Agency and self-regulation
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The Student Voice
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ReferencesBettinger, E. & Long, B.T. 2004. Shape Up or Ship Out: The Effects of remediation on
Students at Four-Year Colleges.Klenk, L., & Kibby, M. W. 2000. Remediating reading difficulties: Appraising
the past, reconciling the present, constructing the future. In M. L. Kamil, P. B. Mosenthal, P. D. Pearson, and R. Barr (Eds.), Handbook of reading research, Vol. III (pp. 667–690). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Lunsford, A. 2006. Stanford Study of Writing. http://ssw.stanford.edu/ Murphey, T. et al 2010. Real Voice: Suggestions for Changing English Education for Future Generations from 1st Year University Students. http://www.eltnews.com/columns/mash/MasterEngRepFresh2010Complete.pdfRader, L. (2005). Goal Setting for Students and Teachers: Six Steps to Success. Clearing House, 78(3), 123. Schunk, D. H. & Clearinghouse, E. 2001. Self-Regulation through Goal Setting. ERIC/CASS Digest. Schunk, D.H. & Zimmerman, B. 1997. Developing self-efficacious readers and writers:
The role of social and self-regulatory processes. Reading engagement: Motivating readers through integrated instruction (pp.34-50). Newark, Delaware: Reading Association.
Thompson, C. 2009. Clive Thompson on the New Literacy. Wired Magazine 17 September 2009. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-09/st_thompson
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Blog References
Students of Spanish:
Hein, J.: http://johnhein.wordpress.com/Kaiser, K.: http://kimffkaiser.wordpress.com/Valerius, F.: http://miss-spanish.blogspot.com/
Students of English:
Haas, J. de: http://languagelearningblogjuliet.wordpress.com/
Sijbrandij, P.J.: http://english-llb.blogspot.com/Heimann, B.: http://berndslanguagelearninglab.blogspot.com/
