Task 3 — Tech Tools for World Language Classes (readings)

Task 3 — Tech Tools for World Language Classes (readings)

1. Composition continually evolves as new technologies emerge and newer generations transform digital literacies.

   • what is digital Literancies?
     • Allan Martin (2008)
       • Attitude and ability of individuals to appropriately use digital tools and facilities to identify, access, manage, integrate, evaluate, analyze and synthesize digital resources, construct new knowledge,
         • How are they constructed?
           • Henry Jenkins (2009)
             • Mentioned that they are built from traditional literacy in the clasroom
             • Through social mediums
             • The internet, computer games, digital video, mobile phones and other contemporary technologies provide new ways of mediating and representing the world and of communicating.
     • It emphasizes that students' everyday experiences with gaming cultivate literacies and social skills that can be integrated into the writing process.
   • Such as
     • complex thinking
     • problem-solving
     • understanding rules and codes

2. Mobile learning to improve writing in ESL teaching

   • Abstract
     • Reports on a study using mobile technology to improve students' writing skills in a second language.
       • Theoretical frameworks
         • Functional Systemic Linguistic (FSL),
           • Views language as a resource immersed in social and cultural contexts
           • Focuses on understanding how language works in particular settings
           • Language functions: ideational, interpersonal, and textual
         • Genre Pedagogical Approach (GPA),
           • Shift from focusing on formal aspects of writing to genre-based approach.
           • Genre as a starting point to model, deconstruct, and understand language.
           • Offers valuable resources to help students produce efficient texts
         • Mobile learning concepts
       • Mobile Learning
         • Acquisition of knowledge through mobile devices.
           • Takes place anywhere and anytime.
             • Complements specific learning activities in the educational context.
               • Podcast

3. A Mobile-based Learning Tool to Improve Writing Skills of Efl Learners

   • Mobile- based language leaarning
     • Offers an opportunity for learners to practice languages
       • Improving the writing skills
         • Learning modes
           • Grammar review
           • Writing practice
         • (Lee, Choi and Kim, 2011)
           • Rules are designed to diagnose grammatical errors
             • Errors involve feedback
               • The feedback also includes a brief description of the error and an explanation of the grammatical category related to the error
     • Mobile language tool
       • Divide errors
         • Systematic
           • Can easily be described using a set of rules
         • Non-systematic
           • Categorized as idiosyncratic and cannot be generalized

4. Exploring Classroom Microblogs to Improve Writing of Middle School Students

   • As the field of technology continues to grow, students are immersed with technology each day, thus, digital literacy has become a major component of school curriculums
     • (Merchant, 2007)
       • Adolescents are constantly engaging with information through texting, watching videos, listening to music, and even writing papers
         • Growing importance of digital literacy in education
   • Writing as a crucial skill in the digital age
     • The need for technology literacy in the workforce
       • Incorporating metacognitive skills through technology
         • Current standard of writing for adolescents
   • Microblogging as a technology tool for writing
     • Blogs are longer and more narrative in nature and are published for all to read.
       • Writing assignments for research and critical thinking