ESL/EFL Writing teachers, Help!
Dear ESL/EFL Writing teacher: For years I have been studying
the influences of technology on ESL writers’ grammar and expression. The
influences are not all bad; for example, the computer’s constant reminder that
subjects and verbs must be matched has virtually eliminated a wide range of the
most common, simple matching errors that we used to see regularly. But
computers, specifically electronic dictionaries, programs such as Google
Translate, and Word grammar-check and other (sometimes free) grammar software
have altered students’ learning curves as well as their production. I am most
interested in the ways their learning and writing have been hampered, because
it is most useful for teachers to be aware of that, in order to teach more
effectively. But anything you can point out, good or bad, about computers’
influences on students’ learning and writing will be helpful to me.
Note: This was pasted, verbatim, on Facebook. All ESL/EFL Writing teachers are welcome to participate, though. My fear is that as I become a little removed from the ESL/EFL writing trenches, I lose touch with what people are experiencing. I need to know what you are seeing!
My TESOL presentation is For Better or Worse: Grammar technology and the ESL/EFL Writer; it's part of the Internet Fair Classics. Stay posted for details on time and place; hope to see you there! Its website is here, though I've had trouble updating it, due to changes in uploading technology.
To participate in the survey, write me at thomas.leverett@ttu.edu. I will send the survey by word file (it is about 2 1/2 pages). Thanks in advance!
posted by tom @ 1:09 PM
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