Dialogue Journals: A Pedagogical Strategy to Analyze Students‘ English Writing Development

AbstractThis paper reports on the findings of a small - scale research project carried out in apublic school in Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia. It aims at analyzing how students’ Englishwriting was developed through dialogue journals. Data collection instrumentsincluded students’ journals, interviews and t...

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Main Authors: Ramos Holguín, Bertha, Quintero Calderón, Erika, Moreno Novoa, Nathalia Ximena
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2014
Online Access:https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/enletawa_journal/article/view/3077
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Quintero Calderón, Erika
Moreno Novoa, Nathalia Ximena
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description AbstractThis paper reports on the findings of a small - scale research project carried out in apublic school in Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia. It aims at analyzing how students’ Englishwriting was developed through dialogue journals. Data collection instrumentsincluded students’ journals, interviews and teachers´ observation formats. Findingsrevealed that students developed English writing by following models and using codeswitching as a communicative strategy. Key words: Dialogue journals, writing, strategiesResumenEste documento reporta los resultados de un proyecto de investigación a menorescala, llevado a cabo en un colegio público en Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia. Losinstrumentos que se utilizaron para recolectar información incluyeron diarios delos estudiantes, una entrevista y formatos de observación. Los resultados mostraronque la escritura en inglés de los estudiantes se desarrolló a través de seguir modelos yutilizar el cambio de código como estrategia comunicativa.Palabras clave: Diarios de dialogo, escritura, estrategias 
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spelling oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-30772016-03-04T14:40:43Z Dialogue Journals: A Pedagogical Strategy to Analyze Students‘ English Writing Development Ramos Holguín, Bertha Quintero Calderón, Erika Moreno Novoa, Nathalia Ximena AbstractThis paper reports on the findings of a small - scale research project carried out in apublic school in Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia. It aims at analyzing how students’ Englishwriting was developed through dialogue journals. Data collection instrumentsincluded students’ journals, interviews and teachers´ observation formats. Findingsrevealed that students developed English writing by following models and using codeswitching as a communicative strategy. Key words: Dialogue journals, writing, strategiesResumenEste documento reporta los resultados de un proyecto de investigación a menorescala, llevado a cabo en un colegio público en Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia. Losinstrumentos que se utilizaron para recolectar información incluyeron diarios delos estudiantes, una entrevista y formatos de observación. Los resultados mostraronque la escritura en inglés de los estudiantes se desarrolló a través de seguir modelos yutilizar el cambio de código como estrategia comunicativa.Palabras clave: Diarios de dialogo, escritura, estrategias  Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2014-11-25 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/enletawa_journal/article/view/3077 10.19053/2011835X.3077 Enletawa Journal; No. 6 (2013) Enletawa Journal; Núm. 6 (2013) 2463-1965 2011-835X spa https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/enletawa_journal/article/view/3077/2783 Copyright (c) 2014 ENLETAWA JOURNAL
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Dialogue Journals: A Pedagogical Strategy to Analyze Students‘ English Writing Development
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title_short Dialogue Journals: A Pedagogical Strategy to Analyze Students‘ English Writing Development
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