Computer-based reading and writing across the curriculum: Two case studies of L2 writers |
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Authors: | Alan Hirvela [Author Vitae] |
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Affiliation: | Ohio State University, School of Teaching and Learning, 333 Arps Hall, 1945 N. High St., Columbia, OH 43210, USA |
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Abstract: | Since the early 1980s, second language (L2) writing specialists have been examining possible roles for computers in L2 writing instruction. How, and to what extent, L2 students use computer for academic literacy purposes beyond the writing classroom, that is, across the curriculum, has not received much attention. Because a common goal of L2 college level writing courses is to prepare students to write in these other domains, an awareness of computer-based literacy activities in non-L2 writing courses is essential to the cause of helping L2 writing instructors connect what students learn in their courses to how they write (and read) in other courses. This paper describes research aimed at contributing to such awareness: a qualitative study of the computer-based reading and writing activity of two undergraduate English as a Second Language (ESL) students beyond ESL writing courses. |
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Keywords: | Academic literacy Computer-based writing Electronic literacy Writing across the curriculum |
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