Oct 15, 2012
Journals Resume
Using
hermeneutic multi-ease study to investigate L2 students’ academic writing
strategies
John Congjun Mu
Shanghai Maritime University
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Mu
(2012) conducted a research about method to investigate the academic writing
strategies used by L2 students. His research aims to make description about a
qualitative hermeneutic multi-case study approach as a research strategy in
investigating writing strategies in a second language.
Three
Chinese postgraduate students were his research samples. While writing their
academic papers in English, they also reported their writing strategy used to
the researcher. The researcher used preliminary questionnaire, semi-structured
interview, retrospective post-writing discussion and document analysis to
collect the data. First, the researcher gathered the data from the resources
not only written texts but also dialogues which had been transcribed. After
that, he interpreted the data using hermeneutic multi-case study and then he
had an understanding about them. The researcher got more detail of
understanding after each turn of the cycle.
As
the results of the research, it can be concluded that using hermeneutic
multi-case study can reveal a phenomenon that is often beyond conscious and it
also gives a way in interpreting participants’ experiences of personal writing.
Hermeneutic multi-case study was proved to be an appropriate methodology in investigating
Chinese students’ writing strategies in such context.
Mu,
John Congjun. 2012. Using hermeneutic
multi-ease study to investigate L2 students’ academic writing strategies. The Linguistics Journal, Volume 6,
Number 1 (pp. 81-103). British: the Linguistics Journal Press. Online at
www.linguistics-journal.com
Technical
vocabulary use in English-medium disciplinary writing: A native/non-native case
study
Michael Lessard-Clouston
Applied Linguistics & TESOL, Biola University
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Lessard-Clouston
(2012) conducted a descriptive, corpus-informed case study in both native and
non-native English speaker (NES and NNES) students’ technical vocabulary in writing
during their theology Master’s program’s early socialization. The research aims
to describe about defining the technical term in vocabulary section, the
distribution of general, academic, technical and other vocabulary in the term
papers, and to identify whether the way that NNES and NES students’ knowledge
and use of vocabulary are similar.
The
data used in this paper were gathered in one semester from 5 NNES and 7 NES
students that followed first year course at a graduate school in central
Canada. The researcher put all the data in word processing files so that they
can be analyzed using computer software. In analyzing the vocabulary available
in the data, he used Nation and Heatley’s VocabProfile computer program. By
using the software, it can be seen the percentage of potentially relevant words
based on theological analyses of vocabulary in the textbooks and the course lectures.
The researcher also used MonoConc Pro concordance software by Barlow to make further
analyses. He used that kind of software to examine the similarities or
differences in the use of seven target lexical items in the term papers of NNES
and NES individuals and groups.
In
the result, it was noted that there were few major differences found and some
minor individual and group distinctions in the distribution and usage of
various vocabulary types in the term papers. They were both within and across
language (NNES/NES) groups and it can be concluded that both NNES and NES
students generally tend to score well in writing definitions of technical
vocabulary on their course exams.
Lessard
-Clouston, Michael. 2012. Technical
vocabulary use in English-medium disciplinary writing: A native/non-native case
study. The Linguistics Journal, Volume
6, Number 1 (pp. 127-150).
British: the Linguistics Journal Press.
Online at www.linguistics-journal.com
Writing
Online: Using Blogs as an Alternative Writing Activity in Tertiary ESL Classes
Matthew M. Nepomuceno
Far Eastern University-Silang
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Nepomuceno
(2011) conducted a research about using blogs as an alternative writing
activity in tertiary writing classes. This research aims to get an
understanding on the possible benefits of blogging to develop writing skills.
The
samples in this research were the college students which still sophomore that joined
in academic writing classes, consists of 36 students (6 males and 30 females). First,
the researcher collected the personal information of the participants. From the
data gathered can be seen about how they use the computer and connect to
internet. After got the information, the researcher stepped into the research main
part, which is using blog platform. He used multiply.com as the tool. He stood
as the administrator and asked the participants to make their own blog and then
put their writing on the blog while they can also post comments on their
friends’ writing. This project was done in 12 weeks and the researcher got so
many data. After made an analysis of the data gathered, the researcher came
into a conclusion that blogs can be helpful in contributing in the writing
skills of the participants. It has some positive characteristics such as
providing the new way of writing experience and the interactivity.
Nepomuceno,
Matthew M. 2011. Writing Online: Using Blogs as an Alternative Writing Activity
in Tertiary ESL Classes. TESOL Journal,
Volume 5 (pp. 92-105). Korea: the Asian EFL Journal Press. Online at www.tesoljournal.com.
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