Damian Finnegan
Asko Kauppinen
Anna Wärnsby
Reihaneh Eskandari
ACADEMIC WRITING IN A MULTILINGUAL
AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONTEXT
2010 05 04
HOW TO IMPROVE STUDENT WRITING?
OUR REALITY:
ACADEMIC WRITING I
• 300 students per year
NATIONAL FORUM FOR ENGLISH STUDIES UMEÅ 2011
HOW TO IMPROVE STUDENT WRITING?
OUR REALITY:
ACADEMIC WRITING I
• Widening participation policy
– Different cultural and ethnical
backgrounds
2010 05 04
HOW TO IMPROVE STUDENT WRITING?
OUR REALITY:
ACADEMIC WRITING I
• Diverse academic disciplines
– English:
linguistics, literature and education
– Social Studies, etc.
NATIONAL FORUM FOR ENGLISH STUDIESHOW TO IMPROVE STUDENT WRITING?
GWRITING IS A PROCESS
I n d i v i d u a l i s e d a n d i n t e r a c t i v e l e a r n i nNew input
•
E-‐pla5orm
•
Teaching
Tradi.onal
input
•
Course literature
•
Lectures
2010 05 04
HOW TO IMPROVE STUDENT WRITING?
GWRITING IS A PROCESS
NATIONAL FORUM FOR ENGLISH STUDIES UMEÅ 2011
Individualised
learning paths
New
input
Tradi.onal
input
WHY E-PLATFORM?
–
“Quality time”
–
Tracking student performance
–
Supplementary multimedia teaching materials
2010 05 04
WHY E-PLATFORM?
– “Quality time”
–
Tracking student performance
–
Supplementary multimedia teaching materials
–
A consistent and familiar place
NATIONAL FORUM FOR ENGLISH STUDIES UMEÅ 2011
WHY E-PLATFORM?
–
“Quality time”
– Tracking student
performance
–
Supplementary multimedia teaching materials
2010 05 04
WHY E-PLATFORM?
–
“Quality time”
–
Tracking student performance
– Supplementary
multimedia teaching
material
–
A consistent and familiar place
NATIONAL FORUM FOR ENGLISH STUDIES UMEÅ 2011
WHY E-PLATFORM?
–
“Quality time”
–
Tracking student performance
–
Supplementary multimedia teaching materials
– A consistent and
familiar place
2010 05 04
HOW DO WE DO IT?
THE HOME PAGE
NATIONAL FORUM FOR ENGLISH STUDIES UMEÅ 2011
HOW DO WE DO IT?
CALENDAR
2010 05 04
HOW DO WE DO IT?
THE LIST OF ASSIGNMENTS
SEKTION
Assessor
feedback
Automa.c
feedback
Peer
feedback
Teacher
feedback
HOW DO WE DO IT?
2010 05 04
HOW DO WE DO IT?
ASSESSOR FEEDBACK
NATIONAL FORUM FOR ENGLISH STUDIES UMEÅ 2011
HOW DO WE DO IT?
TEACHER FEEDBACK
2010 05 04
HOW DO WE DO IT?
TEACHER FEEDBACK
HOW DO WE DO IT?
2010 05 04
HOW DO WE DO IT?
WRITING RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS: E-BOOK
HOW DO WE DO IT?
MORE EXERCISES
2010 05 04
WHY E-PLATFORM?
– “Quality time”
– Tracking student performance
– Supplementary multimedia teaching
materials
– A consistent and familiar place
NATIONAL FORUM FOR ENGLISH STUDIES UMEÅ 2011
WHAT DO STUDENTS THINK ABOUT IT?
• Questions pertaining to four areas:
– Interface functionality
– The integration and alignment of MCL and other teaching
material
– Usefulness of feedback
– Factors influencing acquisition of writing skills
• All questions graded on the scale from 1 to 6
• Colour scheme:
–
Green
à high grade (4-6)
2010 05 04
WHAT DO STUDENTS THINK ABOUT IT?
THE CALENDAR
• On the scale of 1 to 6 (1 being to “a very low degree,” 6 being to “a very
high degree”), how useful did you find the calendar function in MCL?
NATIONAL FORUM FOR ENGLISH STUDIES UMEÅ 2011
calendar
0
25
50
75
100
level
1
2
3
4
5
6
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Legend
NA
WHAT DO STUDENTS THINK ABOUT IT?
E-PLATFORM’S IMPACT ON LEARNING
level 1-3
level 4-6
25%
50%
75%
100%
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ra
cti
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f
an
sw
er
s/
(%
)
the
process of
wri@ng
cri@cal
thinking
organising
a paper
the
English
language
2010 05 04
WHAT DO STUDENTS THINK ABOUT IT?
THREE LEVELS OF FEEDBACK
NATIONAL FORUM FOR ENGLISH STUDIES UMEÅ 2011
NA
level 1-3
level 4-6
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
7
8
9
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an
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)
E-‐pla5orm
(automa@c)
Assignment
Assessor
Teacher
(on mid-‐term
and final paper)
WHAT DO STUDENTS THINK ABOUT IT?
•
How would you rate
the course as a whole
? (Mark your choice from
1-6 where 1 is "I am very displeased with the course" and 6 is "I am very pleased
with the course“)
0
25
50
75
100
level
1
2
3
4
5
6
NA
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2010 05 04
ACADEMIC WRITING IN MALMÖ
W
ri.ng
U
nit
Damian Finnegan
Asko Kauppinen
Anna Wärnsby
English
Studies and
Educa.on
English
Studies
L
anguage
M
igra.on
and
S
ociety
European
Studies
IMER
Human
Rights
High
School
Projects
Internal
Proof-‐
reading
G
lobal
P
oli.cal
S
tudies
Interna.onal
Rela.ons
NATIONAL FORUM FOR ENGLISH STUDIES: UMEÅ 2011
