This book responds to the changes and needs of English Language Learning by offering insight into online writing pedagogical platforms and atmospheres. Language learning enriched with technology, web tools and applications have become a necessary ingredient in language education internationally. This volume provides an in-depth understanding of writing practices that are responsive to the challenges for teaching and learning writing in local and global contexts of education. It also provides succinct knowledge at the intersection of technology with teaching, learning, and research. The chapters herein creatively take advantage of the affordances of digital platforms and further critiques their limitations. The book also delineates knowledge on concepts, theories, and innovative approaches to digital writing in the field of teaching and learning English. The chapters focus on reviews and provide guidance on the practical use of Web 2.0 and multimedia tools as well as presenting research on technology integration in writing classes.
Part 1 - Web 2.0 and Multimodality in Writing.
Chapter
1: Technology-Enhanced Genre-Based Writing.
Chapter 2: Affordances and
Constraints of Multimodal Writing Tasks.
Chapter 3: Wikis for Language
Teaching and Learning.
Chapter 4: Digital Storytelling: An Alternative
Method and a Multimodal Task to Improve Writing Skill of English Language
Learners.
Chapter 5: Pedagogically Sound: Audio Feedback as an Alternative
to Written Feedback in Distance Education: EFL/ESL Students and Teachers
Perceptions and Its Effectiveness.
Chapter 6: Multimodal technology-mediated
feedback in second language writing classes through screencasting.
Chapter
7: The Advantages of Using Vlogs for English Language Learners Writing
Performance.
Chapter 8: Utilizing Mobile Technology to Improve Writing
Skill.- Part 2 - Using Technology for Academic Writing.
Chapter 9: Using
Corpus Tools for Academic Writing in EFL Settings: A Data-Driven Learning
Approach.
Chapter 10: The Use of Automated Writing Evaluation Tools to
Foster ESL Writing Instruction.
Chapter 11: Research-Based Writing Practices
in the Digital Age: New Possibilities and Implications for English Language
Teachers and Learners.
Chapter 12: Academic Writing Instruction Beyond the
Classroom Walls: How to Use Digital Tools and Tasks at Academic Writing
Instruction.
Chapter 13: Avoiding Plagiarism in the Information Age: Tools
and Recommendations.- Part 3 - Research in Action.
Chapter 14: Corpus made
my job easier: Preservice language teachers corrective feedback practices
in writing with corpus consultation.
Chapter 15: Blogging to build
collaborative revision in L2 writing.
Chapter 16: Exploring student-teacher
interaction and learner autonomy through writing online journals via emails
and Penzu: A mixed-method analysis of Turkish students perceptions.
Chapter
17: Using Wikis for Collaborative EFL Writing: Lessons Learned from an Online
Writing Course.
Chapter 18: The Effect of an Online Writing Community on ELT
Students Academic Writing Motivation.
Gonca Yangn Eki is a Professor in English Language Teaching (ELT) in the Department of Foreign Language Education, Gazi University, Ankara TURKEY. Her research interests include computer-assisted language learning, pre- and inservice teacher education, curriculum and materials development, teaching skills and language components, young learners, use of corpus in language teaching. She has also been working as an editor to the Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. She has worked in a number of projects including the national project for the development of the national English curriculum for Primary and Secondary schools. Her works has been published by distinguished journals and publishing houses such as CALL, Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, Education and Science and Peter Lang.
Sedat Akayoglu is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Foreign Language Education, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University. He is working with pre-service EFL teachers, and his expertise includes computer assisted language learning, computer mediated communication, intercultural communication, and teacher education. His works were published by some international publishing houses and journals such as ReCALL, Technology, Knowledge and Learning, CALICO.
Leonora Anyango teaches English as an Academic Language (EAL) at the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) in Pittsburgh, PA. She is a language, culture and education expert of international repute. She specializes in language learning and multilingual writing. She invests in working with diverse groups of students to use language as a tool to advance their scholarship. She recently received the Faculty Fellow Award from the University of Pittsburghs Honors College for her Swahili language and culture mentorship of students for International Scholarships, including the Rhodes.
