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Using Technology to Facilitate Process Writing and Interaction among Adult Students
Uso de la tecnología para facilitar el proceso de escritura e interacción entre estudiantes adultos
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Technology, process writing, word processing, interaction, collaboration, autonomy, metacognitive control (en)Tecnología, escritura por procesos, procesamiento de textos, interacción, colaboración, autonomía, control metacognitivo (es)
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This article deals with how through the innovative use of word processing software, process writing and interaction can be fostered among students. A description of the context where the technology is implemented is first laid out, followed by a review of the literature concerning process writing and technology based principally on Pennington’s (1996) model. Pennington’s (1996) model is then expanded on inasmuch as the way in which collaboration around the computer (group and pair work) and through the computer (e-mail, chat, blogs, and forums) can give rise to interaction among students and, therefore, language learning and more autonomous students. Finally, a lesson plan is presented where stages and examples are given showing how technology can be implemented in practice.
Este artículo muestra cómo, mediante el uso innovador del software para procesar textos, se puede fomentar la escritura y la interacción entre los estudiantes. Se describe el contexto donde se implementará la tecnología, seguido por una revisión de la literatura sobre la escritura por procesos y la tecnología basada en el modelo de Pennington. Luego se expande dicho modelo teniendo en cuenta la colaboración alrededor del computador (trabajo en grupo y en pareja) y cómo a través del computador (correo electrónico, chat, blogs, y foros) se puede generar interacción entre estudiantes, en el aprendizaje de un idioma extranjero y, por ende, estudiantes más autónomos. Finalmente, se presenta un plan de clase donde se ilustran las etapas y los ejemplos para demostrar cómo se puede, en la práctica, implementar la tecnología.
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