Teaching Google search techniques in an L2 academic writing context

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Volume 21 Number 3, October 2017 Special Issue on Corpora in Language Learning and Teaching

contributor.author:

Han, Sumi Shin, Jeong-Ah

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2018-01-29T20:49:52Z

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2018-01-29T20:49:52Z

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2017-10-01

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This mixed-method study examines the effectiveness of teaching Google search techniques (GSTs) to Korean EFL college students in an intermediate-level academic English writing course. 18 students participated in a 4-day GST workshop consisting of an overview session of the web as corpus and Google as a concordancer, and three training sessions targeting the use of quotation marks (“”) and a wildcard (*). Each session contained a pre-test, a 30-minute training, and a post-test, and each training session focused on one of the three key writing points: articles, collocations, and paraphrasing. Two questionnaires for demographic information and GST learning experiences were conducted. The results showed a statistically significant effect for the overall gain score. In particular, participants’ use of articles greatly improved after the training—in contrast to their use of collocations and paraphrasing. Lack of grammar and vocabulary knowledge seemed to hinder their data-driven learning, especially for collocation use and paraphrasing. The questionnaire data showed that all students found the GSTs beneficial, mostly because they were easy to use for confirmation and correction. Overall, both quantitative and qualitative data suggest that teachers’ meticulous guidance and vigilant individualized feedback are necessary to facilitate L2 self-directed Google-informed writing.

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194

identifier.citation:

Han, S., & Shin, J.-A. (2017). Teaching Google search techniques in an L2 academic writing context. Language Learning & Technology, 21(3), 172–194. Retrieved from http://llt.msu.edu/issues/october2017/hanshin.pdf

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1094-3501 1094-3501

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http://hdl.handle.net/10125/44626

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3

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Language Learning & Technology

publisher:

University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research

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/item/10125-44626/

startingpage:

172

subject:

Computer-Assisted Language Learning Data-Driven Learning Google L2 Writing

title:

Teaching Google search techniques in an L2 academic writing context

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Article

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Text

volume:

21