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Technology-enhanced socialisation into disciplinary writing in L2: insights from the perceptions of MA TEFL students
Computer Assisted Language Learning ( IF 5.964 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-21 , DOI: 10.1080/09588221.2021.1880440
Joanna Pitura 1
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Abstract

In order to obtain qualifications to teach English as a foreign language (TEFL), teacher candidates often need to commit themselves to writing a master’s (MA) thesis. In efforts to shed light on how MA thesis supervisors can support supervisees in the writing process, drawing on the theoretical framework of language socialisation, this article presents part of an ongoing action research study, exploring how MA TEFL students perceived technology-enhanced socialisation, i.e., developments in their competence, beliefs and practices, into disciplinary writing in English. Six first-year Polish MA TEFL students enrolled in MA thesis-oriented courses reflected on the process of becoming more competent MA thesis writers by answering online survey open-ended questions. The study reveals that thesis writing in L2 can be an overwhelming process, during which the students struggle emotionally, but which they are determined to complete. The results suggest that MA supervisors can support the socialisation of MA TEFL students – novice disciplinary L2 writers – by mindfully providing the students with guidance on and access to relevant and quality materials, by allowing for regular writing opportunities, as well as making space for supervisor–students and student–student interaction and feedback. As digital tools mediate the relationship between individual students and their social–material learning environment, technology is an important element of this environment and course design needs to include blended learning experiences to enhance the process of socialisation into disciplinary writing in L2.



中文翻译:

技术增强的 L2 学科写作社会化:来自 MA TEFL 学生看法的见解

摘要

为了获得教授英语作为外语 (TEFL) 的资格,教师候选人通常需要致力于撰写硕士 (MA) 论文。为了阐明 MA 论文导师如何在写作过程中支持受监督者,利用语言社会化的理论框架,本文介绍了正在进行的行动研究的一部分,探索 MA TEFL 学生如何感知技术增强的社会化,即,他们的能力、信念和实践的发展,转化为英语学科写作。六名波兰 MA TEFL 一年级学生参加了以硕士论文为导向的课程,通过回答在线调查开放式问题,反映了成为更有能力的硕士论文作者的过程。研究表明,用 L2 撰写论文可能是一个压倒性的过程,在此期间,学生们情绪激动,但他们决心完成。结果表明,MA 导师可以支持 MA TEFL 学生(新手学科 L2 作家)的社会化,方法是有意识地为学生提供相关和优质材料的指导和访问,允许定期写作机会,以及为导师腾出空间–学生和学生与学生的互动和反馈。由于数字工具调解了个别学生与其社会物质学习环境之间的关系,技术是这种环境的重要元素,课程设计需要包括混合学习体验,以加强社会化到第二语言学科写作的过程。结果表明,MA 导师可以支持 MA TEFL 学生(新手学科 L2 作家)的社会化,方法是有意识地为学生提供相关和优质材料的指导和访问,允许定期写作机会,以及为导师腾出空间–学生和学生与学生的互动和反馈。由于数字工具调解了个别学生与其社会物质学习环境之间的关系,因此技术是这种环境的重要元素,课程设计需要包括混合学习体验,以加强社会化到第二语言学科写作的过程。结果表明,MA 导师可以支持 MA TEFL 学生(新手学科 L2 作家)的社会化,方法是有意识地为学生提供相关和优质材料的指导和访问,允许定期写作机会,以及为导师腾出空间–学生和学生与学生的互动和反馈。由于数字工具调解了个别学生与其社会物质学习环境之间的关系,技术是这种环境的重要元素,课程设计需要包括混合学习体验,以加强社会化到第二语言学科写作的过程。

更新日期:2021-02-21
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