Martha Pennington

Writing in an Electronic Medium: Research with Language Learners Martha Pennington

An excellent collection of research studies carried out with mature (late adolescent or adult) language learners in second and foreign language instructional contexts. The computer medium of these qualitative and quantitative studies embraces not only word processing, but also email, hypertext and webpages. Chapters include: Word Processing and Beyond; Word Processing in the EFL Classroom; A Comparative Study of Text Analysis and Peer Tutoring as Input to Writing on Computer in an ESL Context; The Effect of Peer Feedback versus Self-Assessment on the Quality and Revisions of Compositions; Effects of Teaching of Revision Strategies in a Computer-Based Environment; and Investigating Academic Writing Online.