ESL student attitudes toward corpus use in L2 writing  

Oleh:

Yoon, Hyunsook ; Hirvela, Alan

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Second Language Writing (Full Text) vol. 13 no. 4 (Dec. 2004), page 257-283.
Topik: Corpus linguistics; Corpora; L2 writing instruction; Academic literacy
Fulltext: Yoon_Hyunsook, p. 257-283.pdf (256.53KB)

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In recent years, there has been growing interest in the use of corpora in L2 writing instruction. Many studies have argued for corpus use from a teacher’s perspective, that is, in terms of how teachers can develop instructional materials and activities involving a corpus-based orientation. In contrast, relatively little attention has been paid to investigations of learners’ actual use of corpora and their attitudes toward such use in the L2 writing classroom. This paper describes a study of corpus use in two ESL academic writing courses. Specifically, the study examined students’ corpus use behavior and their perceptions of the strengths and weaknesses of corpora as a second language writing tool. The study’s qualitative and quantitative data indicate that, overall, the students perceived the corpus approach as beneficial to the development of L2 writing skill and increased confidence toward L2 writing.

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