Improving Second Language Writing Across the Disciplines: Resources for Content Teachers

Lopez-Ozieblo, Renia

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-56615-9_8

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“…We felt it fell outside the scope of this study, as we were interested in the overall effect of all the measures implemented (rubrics, assignments, WI and feedback). However, the responses to the KS have also been analyzed by sectionthese have been reported in (Lopez-Ozieblo, 2021). We found an increase in confidence in four out of the five areas: 'Demonstrating knowledge of the topic you are writing about', 'Language use', 'Evaluating knowledge and your research' and 'Understanding the assessment criteria'.…”

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Learning from a corpus of students' academic writing

Lopez-Ozieblo

2021

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This paper summarizes the results of a study based on students´ academic writings. The study is grounded on Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) theory and pedagogy, in particular the 3x3 matrix, a SFL framework successfully implemented in Australian schools (Humphrey, Martin, Dreyfus & Mahboob, 2010) and the Teaching and Learning Cycle (Callaghan & Rothery, 1988). The study took place at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, with 33 students from a Humanities content subject. This is an English medium of instruction higher education institution where, for most students, English is not their mother tongue. Samples of students' academic writing were analysed in the classroom to identify successful moves to express field, manner and tenor in the genre of argumentative essays. These samples were then used to provide specific writing instruction to students before they were asked to start constructing their texts independently. Feedback was provided in place of joint construction and finally students produced their final essays. Students' confidence levels on their writing abilities were measured, with knowledge surveys, at the beginning and end of the term, their final grades compared to those of the previous cohort and correlated with the end of term writing-ability confidence levels. Our results suggest that there was an increase in students' confidence in their writing abilities and that their grades were better than those of the previous cohort. When correlating grades with writing confidence levels we found two potential correlations, one positive for students with lower confidence levels and one negative for over-confident students.

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“…To identify changes in the level of writing confidence of the 2018 cohort students were asked to fill in a Knowledge Survey (KS) at the beginning and end of term. A qualitative analysis of students' texts can be found in Lopez-Ozieblo (2021).…”

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confidence: 99%