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2016-07-01

The Impact of Oral and Written Feedback on EFL Writers With the Use of Screencasts

El impacto de la retroalimentación oral y escrita sobre los escritos de estudiantes de inglés como lengua extranjera con el uso de videos en pantalla

Keywords:

Feedback, screencasts, screencasting, writing skills (en)
habilidades de escritura, retroalimentación, videos en pantalla (es)

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  • Roberto Alvira Universidad de la Sabana

This article, based on an action research study performed at a Colombian middle-sized private university, proposes specific strategies to provide feedback to English as a foreign language learners and uses a Web 2.0 tool called screencasting. The findings of the study suggest that the use of coded, written, and oral feedback is widely accepted by students and yields positive results in the improvement of their writing skills at the paragraph level, and that the use of screencasting is a promising strategy that is motivational to students and increases the quality of their uptake.

Este artículo, basado en un estudio de investigación-acción realizado en una universidad colombiana privada de tamaño medio, propone estrategias de retroalimentación con el uso de screencasting, una herramienta Web 2.0. Los resultados muestran que la retroalimentación directa, oral y escrita, acompañada de códigos, es aceptada por los estudiantes y ayuda a desarrollar habilidades de escritura, y que el screencasting es una estrategia promisoria, motivante, que ayuda a mejorar su nivel de escritura.

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