Two heads better than one: the potential of collaborative dictogloss for EFL students at high proficiency levels
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2018Autor
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Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
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Trabajo Fin de Máster/Master Amaierako Lana
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Resumen
Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research confirms
that collaborative writing might be conductive to L2 learning for students at all proficiency levels (Storch 1998; Swain & Lapkin, 2001). The current small-scale study compared the effectiveness of a collaborative and
individual dictogloss task on the acquisition of L2 vocabulary by high proficiency English
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Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research confirms
that collaborative writing might be conductive to L2 learning for students at all proficiency levels (Storch 1998; Swain & Lapkin, 2001). The current small-scale study compared the effectiveness of a collaborative and
individual dictogloss task on the acquisition of L2 vocabulary by high proficiency English
learners (N-14). The learners completed a pre-test, a dictogloss task, and a
post-test over a
two-week period. Part of the students (N-10) carried out the task in pairs and the other part
worked individually (N-4). The written output was collected and compared in terms of
accuracy, fluency and similarity to the original passage when completing the task. Also, a
survey was carried out to elicit student’s attitudes. Results show that collaboration in a
dictogloss has no significant influence on vocabulary acquisition however it improves task
outcome: collaborative texts are more accurate, fluent and more similar to the original. In
light of the results, attention will be drawn to the digtogloss task as a pedagogical tool at high
proficiency levels
in order to
enhance language learning in EFL classrooms in similar
contexts. [--]
Materias
Collaborative writing,
Dictogloss task,
Task outcome,
Vocabulary acquisition
Titulación
Máster Universitario en Profesorado de Educación Secundaria por la Universidad Pública de Navarra /
Bigarren Hezkuntzako Irakasletzako Unibertsitate Masterra Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoan