This research analyzes the processes students undergo when writing hypertexts collaboratively. Th... more This research analyzes the processes students undergo when writing hypertexts collaboratively. This qualitative case study provides an overall picture of students’ EFL writing through hypertext design. It is a collaborative experience which explores and documents how students deal with grammatical, textual and pragmatic aspects when writing hypertexts. This study draws upon data collected during a semester conducted with engineering students at a university in 2003. Students’ hypertexts, audio recordings, students’ reflection logs and an interview were used as main data collection sources. Two main categories emerged as a result of triangulating evidence: “Process of collaborative hypertext writing and negotiation” and “Use of concept mapping and other strategies to overcome difficulties in hypertext writing”.
This article emerges from the experience that two EFL university professors have accumulated for ... more This article emerges from the experience that two EFL university professors have accumulated for several years working with portfolios intertiary education. Starting from the theoretical principles they have undertaken to guide their practices when using portfolios, they share theirmethodological procedures for ESP (English for Specific Purposes), academic literacy and teaching practicum courses. The authors describein detail how portfolios are structured in each setting, enhancing autonomous and collaborative learning as well as the reflective teachingof the foreign language. In addition, the manuscript discusses the benefits students perceive portfolios bring since they can approach theirliteracy development as a process, be more creative as learners and prospective teachers, find meaningful contexts to learn and increase theirmetacognitive skills, among others. The pedagogical implications involve suggestions in regards to how role dynamics and power relationsbuilt around these a...
This research analyzes the processes students undergo when writing hypertexts collaboratively. Th... more This research analyzes the processes students undergo when writing hypertexts collaboratively. This qualitative case study provides an overall picture of students’ EFL writing through hypertext design. It is a collaborative experience which explores and documents how students deal with grammatical, textual and pragmatic aspects when writing hypertexts. This study draws upon data collected during a semester conducted with engineering students at a university in 2003. Students’ hypertexts, audio recordings, students’ reflection logs and an interview were used as main data collection sources. Two main categories emerged as a result of triangulating evidence: “Process of collaborative hypertext writing and negotiation” and “Use of concept mapping and other strategies to overcome difficulties in hypertext writing”.
This article emerges from the experience that two EFL university professors have accumulated for ... more This article emerges from the experience that two EFL university professors have accumulated for several years working with portfolios intertiary education. Starting from the theoretical principles they have undertaken to guide their practices when using portfolios, they share theirmethodological procedures for ESP (English for Specific Purposes), academic literacy and teaching practicum courses. The authors describein detail how portfolios are structured in each setting, enhancing autonomous and collaborative learning as well as the reflective teachingof the foreign language. In addition, the manuscript discusses the benefits students perceive portfolios bring since they can approach theirliteracy development as a process, be more creative as learners and prospective teachers, find meaningful contexts to learn and increase theirmetacognitive skills, among others. The pedagogical implications involve suggestions in regards to how role dynamics and power relationsbuilt around these a...
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