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Journal Writing and its Benefits in an Upper Intermediate EFL Class
La escritura por medio de diarios y sus beneficios en una clase de nivel intermedio alto
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Journal writing, English language learning, action research (en)Escritura de diarios, aprendizaje del inglés, investigación acción (es)
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This action research was conducted with nine preservice teachers of the Philology and Languages, with Emphasis in English, at the Upper-Intermediate level of English. The study consisted of planning and evaluating a pedagogical intervention, which consisted of students exploring readings and/or their background knowledge and reflecting through journal entries about themes of their own choice. The instruments to collect information comprised the students’ journals, field notes from a poster session and a questionnaire. The findings show that the students had the opportunity to exercise a degree of autonomy which involved free choice on the topics they explored. The journal became a language-learning tool for the students; likewise, they experienced the need to do some research in the area they were exploring, which allowed them to construct knowledge.
Esta investigación acción se realizó con nueve estudiantes del programa de Filología e Idiomas con énfasis en inglés, que cursaban el nivel intermedio alto de inglés. El estudio consistió en planear, implementar y evaluar una intervención pedagógica, en la que los estudiantes exploraron lecturas o su bagaje cultural mediante reflexiones escritas en un diario sobre temas de su interés. Los instrumentos utilizados para recoger información incluyeron diarios, notas de campo y un cuestionario. Los resultados mostraron que, a través de los diarios, los participantes pudieron ejercitar un aspecto de la autonomía que involucra la libre elección de los temas que exploraron. El diario se convirtió en una herramienta para el aprendizaje de la lengua. Asimismo, pudieron investigar sobre los temas que exploraban, lo que les permitió expandir su conocimiento.
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