DALLA COSTA NATALIA VERÓNICA
Artículos
Título:
A socio-cognitive approach to the development of EFL writing skills through a collaborative online discussion forum in a university course
Autor/es:
DALLA COSTA, NATALIA
Revista:
Argentininan Journal of Applied Linguistics
Editorial:
AJAL
Referencias:
Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2018 vol. 6 p. 6 - 6
ISSN:
2314-3576
Resumen:
hanges in the production and access to information generated by information and communication technologies (ICTs) require new skills and offer cognitive and social opportunities for the construction of knowledge and collaborative learning. As a consequence, new literacy teaching models are required. In fact, as Area and Pessoa (2012) suggest, ?appropriation of meaning and multimedia expression are the new terms for the old concepts of reading and writing? (p. 17). In this context, literacy implies developing not only instrumental but also cognitive and social skills to interact with information and transform it into knowledge in a collaborative manner. Even though online learning has increased in popularity, applications of web-based language learning (WBLL) have not yet been matched by research in higher education (Dalla Costa & Gava, 2009; García, González & Ramos, 2010; Sun & Chang, 2012). The purpose of this study is to analyse the impact of a blended learning project carried out