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题名: Improving Basic College English Writing through the Use of E-Mail Exchange between Taiwanese and American Students
作者: Ai-Hwa Chen
关键词: English writing
electronic mail
cross-cultural e-mail exchange
日期: 2008-09
上传时间: 2008-10-29T10:18:23Z
摘要: By the time of the advent of the global village, communicative distances between people had been reduced dramatically. Messages could be conveyed to the other side of the earth in a minute with the click of one finger upon the “send” key of a computer. Such developing technology and its widespread presence upon college campuses now make it evident that the Internet provides students with profound and varied new avenues for pursuing expanded academic learning.
The purpose for this research project placed major emphasis upon genuine English writing practice in the traditional classroom. The participants were students in their second year in the Department of Applied English in a college located in the central Taiwan. After practicing basic writing skills in the classroom for one semester, through the use of e-mail, they then officially communicated with American students who were in the Department of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of Texas, Permain Basin. During and after the process of conducting the project, the researcher collected the participants’ background information and conducted an observation on how the Taiwanese students composed their e-mail messages.
By communicating with native English speakers online, the Taiwanese students achieved more authentic English language competency, which, hopefully, resulted in a sense of achievement with regard to their overall English language learning. In addition, they appeared to obtain additional advantages in oral practice by the means of the “chatting-like” nature of e-mail correspondence. In my findings, even low-performance learners became more involved in enjoying language learning and improved their self-confidence. Although the degree to which each participant might have benefited varied, all of the learners undoubtedly gained some positive attitudes towards English reading and writing after using email.
關聯: 修平人文社會學報 11, 151-168
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