Does pair work facilitate grammar learning? Text editing and dictogloss tasks in a vocational-technical school
Fecha
2018Autor
Director
Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Tipo
Trabajo Fin de Máster/Master Amaierako Lana
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Resumen
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest among language teachers and
researchers in pair work and its effect on language learning. Recent evidence suggests that
students can benefit from working in pairs or small groups in
many ways. However,
previous studies have not treated the impact of pair work and its effect on grammar
learning i ...
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In recent years, there has been an increasing interest among language teachers and
researchers in pair work and its effect on language learning. Recent evidence suggests that
students can benefit from working in pairs or small groups in
many ways. However,
previous studies have not treated the impact of pair work and its effect on grammar
learning in much detail. The present study sets off to examine grammar learning among 34
vocational-technical school ESL learners of intermediate and pre-intermediate level
performing dictogloss and text editing tasks in pairs. Two commonly used structures,
Present Simple Passive and Time Clauses, in the vocational-technical English context were
examined. All students did a pre-test in order to test their
previous knowledge on these
forms; and after the treatment, experimental tasks were performed. Students were divided
in
to
two groups. Each group had a different version of dictogloss and text editing task.
Students were recorded while conducting experimental tasks and after analyzing their
LREs (Language Related Episodes) a tailor-made post-test was created. The findings
showed that pair work had a positive effect on grammatical accuracy. Text editing task was
proven to be more effective among low-proficiency students. It generated more form-focused LREs and created more language learning opportunities and, therefore, it was
more conducive to learning. [--]
Materias
Collaboration,
Pair work,
Grammar,
L2,
LREs,
Dictogloss,
Text editing,
Vocational training
Titulación
Máster Universitario en Profesorado de Educación Secundaria por la Universidad Pública de Navarra /
Bigarren Hezkuntzako Irakasletzako Unibertsitate Masterra Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoan