Consciousness-raising tasks for the mediation of text structure, cohesion, and coherence in essay writing
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| author | Ana Lucía Rojas Vargas |
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| contents | Consciousness-raising tasks for the mediation of text structure, cohesion, and coherence in essay writing Ana Lucía Rojas Vargas Ana Paula Solano Quesada José Miguel Vargas Vásquez Alex Jiménez Rojas Educación essays English raising teaching consciousness Several studies have demonstrated the positive impact of Consciousness-Raising tasks (CRTs) on the teaching of grammar, especially in foreign or second language learning. However, few studies have examined their effectiveness for the development of writing skills. With this in mind, the goal of this project is to explore the impact of CRTs on three aspects of writing in expository essays: text structure, cohesion, and coherence. To accomplish this goal, the study followed a mixed-method approach with a component of Classroom Action Research. The study was conducted in an English as Foreign Language class with a group of 12 eleventh-grade students at the International Baccalaureate Program at Palmares Bilingual High school, in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The data consisted of two sets of essays, classroom observations, and questionnaires to the students and the cooperating teacher. After comparing results from the first and second essays, the most noticeable improvement in the students’ writing was in text structure and cohesion, whereas coherence showed the lowest improvement. This points to a limitation of CRTs for addressing aspects of writing involving a larger number of rules and more abstract concepts, such as coherence, instead of a smaller number of rules, like cohesion. In conclusion, the authors suggest enquiring about the use of CRTs with simple topics involving decisions tied to explicit rules versus more complex topics involving abstract thinking and decisions not always linked to rules. Lastly, the authors recommend exploring strategies to make consciousness-raising a collaborative process as a way to mitigate task complexity. 2020 artículo científico 1409-4703 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44765828014 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/447/44765828014/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/447/44765828014/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/447/44765828014/44765828014.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/447/44765828014/movil 10.15517/AIE.V20I2.41669 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=447 Revista Electrónica "Actualidades Investigativas en Educación" application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Revista Electrónica "Actualidades Investigativas en Educación" (Costa Rica) Num.2 Vol.20 |
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| spellingShingle | Consciousness-raising tasks for the mediation of text structure, cohesion, and coherence in essay writing Ana Lucía Rojas Vargas Educación essays English raising teaching consciousness Consciousness-raising tasks for the mediation of text structure, cohesion, and coherence in essay writing Ana Lucía Rojas Vargas Ana Paula Solano Quesada José Miguel Vargas Vásquez Alex Jiménez Rojas Educación essays English raising teaching consciousness Several studies have demonstrated the positive impact of Consciousness-Raising tasks (CRTs) on the teaching of grammar, especially in foreign or second language learning. However, few studies have examined their effectiveness for the development of writing skills. With this in mind, the goal of this project is to explore the impact of CRTs on three aspects of writing in expository essays: text structure, cohesion, and coherence. To accomplish this goal, the study followed a mixed-method approach with a component of Classroom Action Research. The study was conducted in an English as Foreign Language class with a group of 12 eleventh-grade students at the International Baccalaureate Program at Palmares Bilingual High school, in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The data consisted of two sets of essays, classroom observations, and questionnaires to the students and the cooperating teacher. After comparing results from the first and second essays, the most noticeable improvement in the students’ writing was in text structure and cohesion, whereas coherence showed the lowest improvement. This points to a limitation of CRTs for addressing aspects of writing involving a larger number of rules and more abstract concepts, such as coherence, instead of a smaller number of rules, like cohesion. In conclusion, the authors suggest enquiring about the use of CRTs with simple topics involving decisions tied to explicit rules versus more complex topics involving abstract thinking and decisions not always linked to rules. Lastly, the authors recommend exploring strategies to make consciousness-raising a collaborative process as a way to mitigate task complexity. 2020 artículo científico 1409-4703 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44765828014 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/447/44765828014/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/447/44765828014/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/447/44765828014/44765828014.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/447/44765828014/movil 10.15517/AIE.V20I2.41669 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=447 Revista Electrónica "Actualidades Investigativas en Educación" application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Revista Electrónica "Actualidades Investigativas en Educación" (Costa Rica) Num.2 Vol.20 |
| title | Consciousness-raising tasks for the mediation of text structure, cohesion, and coherence in essay writing |
| topic | Educación essays English raising teaching consciousness |
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