• Title/Summary/Keyword: Writing Strategies

Search Result 137, Processing Time 0.03 seconds

Written Voice in the Text: Investigating Rhetorical Patterns and Practices for English Letter Writing (텍스트 속 자신의 표현: 영어 편지글에 나타난 수사 형태와 작문 활동에 관한 탐색)

  • Lee, Younghwa
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
    • /
    • v.20 no.3
    • /
    • pp.432-439
    • /
    • 2020
  • This study aims at exploring features of Korean university students' written text, focusing on the written voice, rhetorical patterns, and writing practices through English letters. The data comprised examples of students' English job applications, and a 'purpose-will' model was adopted for the data analysis. The findings showed that the students used unique ways of strategies to convey their voice in a recontextualized setting. Their written voice in the job applications were various, and nobody applied the Korean convention of weather opening. Their rhetorical patterns were a transformation from convergence to divergence, showing integrated patterns of written voice. Students' writing practices revealed their internal values of writing for a task, and they do not directly learn from the teacher's syllabus. This supports the sociocultural framework that learning is a situated activity in a specific discourse community. The study concludes that writing teachers should understand that life-world and learning experience can impact on students' written voice and practices.

An Investigation of Students' Science Writing Processes Using Think-aloud Method (발성사고법을 이용한 학생들의 과학 글쓰기 과정 탐색)

  • You, Jiyeon;Kang, Sukjin;Kim, Jiyeong;Noh, Taehee
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
    • /
    • v.33 no.5
    • /
    • pp.881-892
    • /
    • 2013
  • It has been recently emphasized that comprehensive understanding of students' cognitive activities in the process of writing as well as final product is needed in order to develop an effective strategy for science writing. In this study, we investigated the characteristics of writing process in the situation that students wrote a composition in solving the application problem on a science topic. Seven eighth graders selected in the consideration of their science achievement and communication skills were asked to write a composition using think-aloud method. They were also interviewed after their writing work. The analyses of the results indicated that students' writing processes consisted of six distinctive components: generating, organizing, setting, translating, evaluating, and revising. It was also found that the patterns of process components for each student were different in terms of the frequency and the sequence. The patterns of process components were categorized into four types: systematic, tacit planning, trial and error, and random strategies. Educational implications were also discussed.

The Study on the characteristics of transcription Culture on YouTube (유튜브(YouTube)에 나타난 필사 문화의 특성)

  • Cho, Young-kwon
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
    • /
    • v.19 no.4
    • /
    • pp.291-303
    • /
    • 2021
  • The study tried to examine the characteristics of transcription culture on YouTube through narrative analysis methods. The study found five meaningful features in YouTube's transcription culture. YouTube's transcription culture was first characterized by efficient writing and learning skills. Second, there was a characteristic of a transcription to read and understand text more deeply. Third, it had the characteristics of five strategies to advance my writing. Fourth, YouTubers had time to self-heal and comfort through transcription. Fifth, YouTube's transcription culture has expanded and developed into left-handed writing and digital writing. The characteristics of these YouTubers' transcription culture are expected to enrich the transcription culture that has been handed down for many years.

A Case Study of Online Writing Class - Focusing on at G University and the Response of Learners - (온라인 글쓰기 수업 운영 사례 연구 - G대학의 <교양글쓰기> 사례와 학습자의 반응을 중심으로 -)

  • Song, Dae-Heon
    • Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
    • /
    • v.15 no.6
    • /
    • pp.115-125
    • /
    • 2021
  • The study presented an online class case focusing on G University's writing course, and analyzed students' satisfaction. Through this, it aimed to analyze the possibility of online education and to explore efficient operation of online writing lectures. According to the result of looking into the online writing class run by G University, students' satisfaction with the online writing class was high. Despite the limited circumstances, students' participation in the class was high and they also actively participated in online correction. However, there was also a challenge to address. Online writing education showed limitations in terms of smooth communication with students. Correction of writing can be done online sufficiently but the limitations of communication should be supplemented to improve the completeness of interactive education. In addition, most of the students participated in online correction, but some did not participate. It is necessary to encourage students to participate voluntarily to make online classes take roots. After all, for the effective operation of online writing classes, strategies and systems for teaching and learning should be prepared for utilization of various educational video media, sufficient learning of theory and practice of writing, and smooth communication between professors and students. Only when these conditions are met, online writing classes will be able to operate steadily.

A study on the Rhetorical Strategies of Academic Text Construction for KAP learners (학문 목적 학습자를 위한 학술적 텍스트 구성의 수사적 전략 연구)

  • Hong, Yunhye
    • Journal of Korean language education
    • /
    • v.28 no.2
    • /
    • pp.235-264
    • /
    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study is to explore and categorize the rhetorical strategies of text construction in research articles and to provide data for academic writing education for foreign graduate students. This study analyzes 30 research articles by Korean writers from Korean language and Korean language education fields, and categorizes the rhetorical strategies according to the roles of the writer as a RA form composer, a manager of research content, and a communicator. On the basis of the strategies, this study analyzes 18 term papers of foreign graduate students and inspects their weaknesses in using the rhetorical strategies. Based on the results of analysis, this study suggests rhetorical strategy education for KAP learners that emphasizes validity and clarifies argument along with attracting readers.

A Comparison of Korean EFL Learners' Oral and Written Productions

  • Lee, Eun-Ha
    • English Language & Literature Teaching
    • /
    • v.12 no.2
    • /
    • pp.61-85
    • /
    • 2006
  • The purpose of the present study is to compare Korean EFL learners' speech corpus (i.e. oral productions) with their composition corpus (i.e. written productions). Four college students participated in the study. The composition corpus was collected through a writing assignment, and the speech corpus was gathered by audio-taping their oral presentations. The results of the data analysis indicate that (i) As for error frequency, young adult low-intermediate Korean EFL learners showed high frequency in determiners (mostly, indefinite articles), vocabulary (mostly, semantic errors), and prepositions. The frequency order did not show much difference between the speech corpus and the composition corpus; and (ii) When comparing the oral productions with the written productions, there were not many differences between them in terms of the contents, a style (i.e., colloquial vs. literary), vocabulary selection, and error types and frequency. Therefore, it is assumed that the proficiency in oral presentation of EFL learners at this learning stage heavily depends on how much/how well they are able to write. In other words, EFL learners' writing and speaking skills are closely co-related. It implies that the teacher does not need to separate teaching how to speak from teaching how to write. The teacher may use the same methods or strategies to help the learners improve their English speaking and writing skills. Furthermore, it will be more effective to teach writing before speaking since they have more opportunities to write than speak in the EFL contexts.

  • PDF

The Effect on Academic Achievement and Science-Related Affective Domain of Elementary Students through Science Journal Writing (과학일지 쓰기가 초등학생의 과학 학업성취도와 정의적 영역에 미치는 영향)

  • Kwak, Min-Sook;Lee, Yong-Seob;Han, Young-Wook
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
    • /
    • v.2 no.1
    • /
    • pp.1-12
    • /
    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study is to find out the effect on academic achievement and science-related affective domain of elementary students though science journal writing about the units of Science textbook of the first semester of the sixth grade. The results indicate that science-journal writing has influenced the students positively in the academic achievement of a lower group's academic achievements, in science related attitudes, 'voluntariness' and 'cooperation', in science learning motives, 'self-satisfaction for science', 'superficial strategies for science', and 'expectation for science', in fear level for science subjects, its lower fear class, 'experiment performance'. A middle group was revealed to have more positive improvement in 'cooperation' and 'perseverance', both of which were lower categories of science related attitudes, and as subgrade of science learning motives, 'self-efficiency for science' and 'expectation for science' stood out. For fear level for science subjects, the lower group gained distinctive results from 'science evaluation'.

  • PDF

An Exploratory Investigation of the Imaginative Writing Processes of Middle School Students (중학생의 상상하는 글쓰기 과정에 대한 탐색적 연구)

  • Yang, Chanho;Lee, Jaewon;Noh, Taehee
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
    • /
    • v.34 no.5
    • /
    • pp.511-521
    • /
    • 2014
  • In this study, we conducted an exploratory investigation of the imaginative writing processes of middle school students. Twelve 8th graders were asked to imagine and write about the daily life of atoms, assuming that they became specific atoms for themselves. The think-aloud method was used to investigate students' writing processes. We recorded students' writing processes, and also collected the data through interviews to clarify ambiguities in their writing processes. The analyses of the results revealed that their imaginative writing processes could be classified into the three types by the two aspects of writing process components (retrieving information and generating ideas). That is, the integration of retrieving information and generating ideas, the predominant retrieving information, and the predominant generating ideas. The students who were classified into the type of the integration of retrieving information and generating ideas came up with a story and properly introduced science concepts into it. These suggested that this type of students expressed their own understanding more effectively, and that this type was most appropriate for imaginative writing in learning science. The results also showed that the imaginative writing processes were greatly influenced by whether the planning step was adequately considered or not. On the bases of the results, we suggest the teaching strategies for effective imaginative writing in learning science.

Development of a Writing Program Using a Mind-map Software (마인드맵 소프트웨어를 활용한 논술 프로그램 개발)

  • Seo, Mi-Kyung;Park, Sun-Ju
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
    • /
    • v.13 no.2
    • /
    • pp.215-224
    • /
    • 2009
  • The aim of teaching writing is not to memorize a single piece of knowledge but to acquire higher thinking that could be related to other fields using learners' various reading experiences and schemata. Among several strategies or techniques to write well, it is recommended to use a mind-map technique. A mind-map software applies the mind-map technique into computer for learners to study autonomously. However, the mind-map software is not common in educational fields yet and there are only few studies on the effect of it. Therefore, this study analyzed various curricula to extract the elements of writing and developed a mind-map software program which was applied and tested. As a result, the writing program using the mind-map software was effective in promoting learners' motivation and lowering anxiety. It also improved learners' competence of writing such as understanding, analytic thinking, creativity, ability to organize, and expression.

  • PDF

The affect of Writing Programs on the Writing Strategies of College Students - Focused on the Occupational Therapy Students - (글쓰기 프로그램이 대학생의 글쓰기 전략에 미치는 영향 - 작업치료 전공 학생 중심으로 -)

  • Paik, Young-Rim
    • The Journal of Korean society of community based occupational therapy
    • /
    • v.8 no.1
    • /
    • pp.45-54
    • /
    • 2018
  • Objective : It is one of the most important job tasks to write to occupational therapist, so I want to apply the writing program to the students who use mobile language as the main communication and to investigate the effect. Methods : This study was conducted with 7 freshman students for a total of 10 sessions, once a week, for 2 hours at a time. In addition, after reading the recommended books, I made a total of two manuscripts with the book report and then carried out the supplementary instruction. Changes in the writing program were made using self - questionnaires and changes in the writing of the manuscripts were confirmed by the number of times. Results : As a result of the self-questionnaire, the participants considered the logical aspect of the writing and the consistency of the writing after participating in the writing program, and after the writing, the grammatical aspect was reviewed and the sentence was revised. In addition, the number of secondary corrections was reduced by an average of 7 times more than the number of primary corrections. Conclusion : In order to create a document which is one of the important tasks for occupational therapist, systematic education will be needed to create a more logical and grammatical error-free article.