An Authentic Learning Task in EFL Process Writing: The EPS Newsletter
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Ildeniz Ozverir, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Vienna, Austria ISBN 978-1-880094-65-5 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC
Abstract
This paper aims to describe the design of a web based writing artefact based on the 10 characteristics that constitute authentic tasks proposed by Herrington, Oliver and Reeves (2003), and how these characteristics can be used in Computer Assisted Language Learning context to design an engaging, meaningful, contextualized, collaborative and authentic learning environment. Furthermore, the 10 characteristics will be used to show how the four approaches suggested by Butler-Pascoe and Wiburg (2003) can be integrated in a web based course to develop language learners' writing skills further.
Citation
Ozverir, I. (2008). An Authentic Learning Task in EFL Process Writing: The EPS Newsletter. In J. Luca & E. Weippl (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2008--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 3226-3231). Vienna, Austria: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/28831/.
© 2008 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
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