ERIC Number: EJ1128084
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Oct
Pages: 25
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ISSN: EISSN-0120-5927
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Process Writing and the Development of Grammatical Competence
Artunduaga Cuéllar, Marco Tulio
HOW, v20 n1 p11-35 Oct 2013
This article presents the results of an action research study whose purpose was to apply alternatives for the development of grammatical competence in a group of third semester students of a Morphosyntax I course in an English language teaching undergraduate program at a Colombian public university. Given the fact that the teaching of grammar has for a long time been a polemical issue, the study intended to find an effective and meaningful way to develop this competence in a contextualized manner and writing was the selected medium. The results indicate that the use of writing activities to develop grammar generates a mutually enriching process as both linguistic elements are enhanced.
Descriptors: Process Approach (Writing), Grammar, Action Research, Competency Based Education, English (Second Language), College Second Language Programs, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation, Instructional Effectiveness, Writing Exercises, Communicative Competence (Languages), Writing Achievement, Writing Improvement, Vocabulary Development, Punctuation, Sentence Structure, Verbs, Foreign Countries
ASOCOPI, the Colombian Association of Teachers of English. Cra 27 A #53-06, oficina 405, Bogota, Colombia. +57-2115018; Fax: +57-2115018. e-mail: asocopicolombia@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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