In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Electronic Learning Association

Document Type : scientific-research

Author

Foreign Languages and Literature, Payame Noor University, Iran

Abstract

One integral constituent of argumentative writing is the capability of drawing upon relevant evidence to endorse an argument, a practice that itself necessitates elaborate reading and writing processes. Taking the position that writing can be an important skill to foster knowledge building pedagogy; this article explores changes made to argumentation behavior in L2 essay writing composed by two groups of language learners attending an integrated writing course. Thirty-one language learners as participants of the experimental group used two popular news mobile applications online and offline for reading as a pre-task activity that made them outperform their counterparts in the control group in terms of using factual evidence, namely statistics, incidence, findings, and quotations. The statistical analyses disclosed a significant difference in the overall writing ability of the two groups in the experimental group’s favor. This outperformance partly resulted from richer content presentation in essays written by those who had read through mobile news applications and used more facts in their essays. Findings of the present paper can shed new light on how to utilize digital materials for the purpose of enriching EFL writing content.

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Article Title [Persian]

فراتر از قرارداد: استدلال غنی شده در نوشتن L2 از طریق خواندن به کمک موبایل

Author [Persian]

  • محمد آقاجان زاده

Abstract [Persian]

یکی از اجزای جدایی ناپذیر نوشتن استدلالی، توانایی استناد به شواهد مرتبط برای تأیید یک استدلال است، عملی که خود مستلزم فرآیندهای دقیق خواندن و نوشتن است. اتخاذ این موضع که نوشتن می‌تواند یک مهارت مهم برای تقویت آموزش دانش‌سازی باشد. این مقاله به بررسی تغییرات ایجاد شده در رفتار استدلال در مقاله نویسی L2 می پردازد که توسط دو گروه از زبان آموزان تشکیل شده است که در یک دوره نوشتن یکپارچه شرکت می کنند. سی و یک زبان آموز به عنوان شرکت کنندگان گروه آزمایشی از دو برنامه کاربردی تلفن همراه خبری محبوب به صورت آنلاین و آفلاین برای خواندن به عنوان یک فعالیت پیش از وظیفه استفاده کردند که باعث شد از نظر استفاده از شواهد واقعی، یعنی آمار، میزان بروز، از همتایان خود در گروه کنترل بهتر عمل کنند. یافته ها و نقل قول ها تجزیه و تحلیل های آماری تفاوت معنی داری را در توانایی نوشتاری کلی دو گروه به نفع گروه آزمایش نشان داد. این عملکرد بهتر تا حدی ناشی از ارائه محتوای غنی‌تر در مقالاتی است که توسط کسانی نوشته شده‌اند که از طریق برنامه‌های خبری موبایلی خوانده‌اند و از حقایق بیشتری در مقالات خود استفاده کرده‌اند. یافته‌های مقاله حاضر می‌تواند نور جدیدی را در مورد چگونگی استفاده از مواد دیجیتال به منظور غنی‌سازی محتوای نوشتاری EFL روشن کند.

Keywords [Persian]

  • نگارش دانشگاهی
  • بحث و جدل
  • شواهد و مدارک
  • حقایق مرکز خرید
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