Teaching Google search techniques in an L2 academic writing context

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dc.contributor.authorHan, Sumi
dc.contributor.authorShin, Jeong-Ah
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-29T20:49:52Z
dc.date.available2018-01-29T20:49:52Z
dc.date.issued2017-10-01
dc.description.abstractThis mixed-method study examines the effectiveness of teaching Google search techniques (GSTs) to Korean EFL college students in an intermediate-level academic English writing course. 18 students participated in a 4-day GST workshop consisting of an overview session of the web as corpus and Google as a concordancer, and three training sessions targeting the use of quotation marks (“”) and a wildcard (*). Each session contained a pre-test, a 30-minute training, and a post-test, and each training session focused on one of the three key writing points: articles, collocations, and paraphrasing. Two questionnaires for demographic information and GST learning experiences were conducted. The results showed a statistically significant effect for the overall gain score. In particular, participants’ use of articles greatly improved after the training—in contrast to their use of collocations and paraphrasing. Lack of grammar and vocabulary knowledge seemed to hinder their data-driven learning, especially for collocation use and paraphrasing. The questionnaire data showed that all students found the GSTs beneficial, mostly because they were easy to use for confirmation and correction. Overall, both quantitative and qualitative data suggest that teachers’ meticulous guidance and vigilant individualized feedback are necessary to facilitate L2 self-directed Google-informed writing.
dc.identifier.citationHan, S., & Shin, J.-A. (2017). Teaching Google search techniques in an L2 academic writing context. Language Learning & Technology, 21(3), 172–194. Retrieved from http://llt.msu.edu/issues/october2017/hanshin.pdf
dc.identifier.issn1094-3501
dc.identifier.issn1094-3501
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/44626
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.publisherMichigan State University Center for Language Education and Research
dc.subjectComputer-Assisted Language Learning
dc.subjectData-Driven Learning
dc.subjectGoogle
dc.subjectL2 Writing
dc.titleTeaching Google search techniques in an L2 academic writing context
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.dcmiText
prism.endingpage194
prism.number3
prism.publicationnameLanguage Learning & Technology
prism.startingpage172
prism.volume21

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Volume 21 Number 3, October 2017 Special Issue on Corpora in Language Learning and Teaching