Three Journal Article Summaries

First Summary:

Writing Online: Using Blogs as an Alternative Writing Activity

in Tertiary ESL Classes

The aim of this article is to investigate the effectiveness of blog as an alternative activity in tertiary writing classes. The participants of this research were 36 students of ‘Sophomore College students enrolled in academic writing classes’ who voluntarily participated in this research. Multiply was decided as a platform after considering the advantages and practicalities. After choosing the platform, project mechanics was announced to the participants. They had to upload blogs at least once a week which would be commented by another bloggers. All of the activity was monitored and analyzed by the researcher. Based on the data, it can be seen that blog can be used as an alternative activity in writing class ‘would motivated learners to view writing as a mean of expressing meaning and not merely as a requirement in language classes’. 

 

Reference:

Nepomuceno, Matthew M. 2011. Writing Online: Using Blogs as an Alternative Writing Activity in Tertiary ESL Classes. TESOL Journal, vol. 5 (pp. 92-105). Retrieved from www.tesol-journal.com at September, 22, 2012.

Second Summary:

Using Hermeneutic Multi – ease Study to Investigate L2 Students’ Academic Writing Strategies

The objective of this research is to investigate Chinese students writing strategies in English as second language using Hermeneutic approach. This research used qualitative interpretive paradigm. The data were taken from ‘three Chinese postgraduate students and reports on writing strategies used while writing academic paper’ by using preliminary questionnaire, semi-structure interview, retrospective post-writing discussion, and document analysis. Hermeneutic analysis combined with multi-case study was used as method of analyzing the data. The finding shows that in investigating writing strategies used by Chinese students appropriately using hermeneutic multi-case study.

Reference:

Mu, John Congjun. 2012. Using Hermeneutic Multi – ease Study to Investigate L2 Students’ Academic Writing Strategies. The Linguistic Journal, Vol. 6 (1) (pp. 81 – 103). Retrieved from www.linguistics-journal.com at September, 22, 2012.

Third Summary:

Mediated Processes in Writing for Publication: Perspectives of Chinese Science Postdoctoral Researchers in America

The objectives of this article was to find out the ‘motives and artifacts mediate the postdoctoral researchers’ scholarly writing for publication’ and the way ‘the postdoctoral researchers mediate and interact with others within the scholarly writing community si as to achieve their publictation goals’. This research used qualitative approach. The participants of this research were three Chinese science postdoctoral researchers in America. The data had been obtained from interview which then transcribed into English to make it easier to analize. The finding shows that the participants in order to achieve their goal comply with the publication norms ‘mediate with a diversity of cultural artifacts, socialize with different people from academic and aditoeial communities and fullfil their dual  social roles’.

Reference:

Li, Mimi. 2012. Mediated Processes in Writing for Publication: Perspectives of Chinese Science Postdoctoral Researchers in America. The Asian ESP Journal, vol. 8 (1) (pp. 117 – 140). Retrieved from www.asian-esp-journal.com at September, 27, 2012.