关于博客技术能否促进英语专业写作教学的研究

论文摘要

博客作为一种新兴的网络技术,广泛应用于多种行业和领域,包括新闻界,教育界,娱乐界等等。它的大众性和受欢迎的程度也导致了大量的对博客的教育应用的探索。本文旨在探讨博客作为一种教育工具可运用于英语写作教学的可行性,并探索如何在博客的协助下激发学生对英语写作学习的动力和参与度。此外,本文还尝试性地提出了一项以博客为基础的英语写作教学流程设计。为了达到此研究目的,本文首先探讨中国英语专业写作教学的现状,由此指出传统的英语写作教学方法已经不能满足教师和学生的教与学的需要,无法有效地提高学生的写作能力和学习兴趣。论文继而阐述了对写作本质的几种不同看法,博客技术的兴起与发展,两种主要的写作教学法—成果教学法和过程教学法,并得出初步结论:认为过程教学法适合于以博客为基础的写作教学,因为两者都侧重语言教学的交际性。论文进而探讨了五种学习策略和学习理论,即协作学习理论,人文主义学习理论,语言习得理论,建构主义学习理论和反思性学习理论,尝试性地提出了一个以博客为基础的英语写作教学流程,论证了博客的交际性和即时性能够为学习者提供丰富的在线写作资源和高效的写作方式,使老师和同学之间能够进行快捷有效的互动和互评,并为学习者提供了从同伴作品中吸取优点,反思问题的机会。为了增强本研究的说服力,提供除理论以外的实证支持,论文最后进行了一项包括调查问卷和面谈两个内容的实证调查。调查结果充分表明,博客可以而且应该运用于英语写作教学当中来,以充分发挥和提高学生的学习兴趣,优化学习环境,丰富学习内容,为学生提供自主学习的有效空间。

论文目录

• Synopsis
• 摘要
• Introduction
• Researeh baekground
• Purpose of the study
• The analytical framework
• Organization of the paper
• Chapter One Overview of Essential Concepts on Writing
• 1.1 Exploring writing as a language skill
• 1.1.1 The nature of writing
• 1.1.2 The writing process
• 1.1.3 Two major approaches to teaching writing in ESL/EFL classes
• 1.1.3.1 The product approach
• 1.1.3.2 The process approach
• 1.2 Introducing blog and edublog
• 1.2.1 Blog technology as a new development
• 1.2.2 The classification of blog
• 1.2.3 Edublog
• 1.2.3.1 Defining edublog
• 1.2.3.2 Edublog's advantages in teaching writing in ESL/EFL classroom
• Chapter Two The Feasibility of Using Blog in Teaching Writing in ESL/EFL Classroom
• 2.1 The constructivist learning
• 2.2 The humanistic learning theory
• 2.3 Krashen's language acquisition theory
• 2.4 The collaborative learning theory
• 2.5 The reflective learning theory
• Chapter Three Application of Blog Technology in Teaching Writing to English Majors
• 3.1 The status quo of the development of edublog
• 3.2 The functions of blog in the process of teaching writing
• 3.2.1 Preparation
• 3.2.2 Drafting
• 3.2.3 Revising and proofreading
• 3.3 The establishment of edublog for teaching English writing to English majors
• 3.3.1 Means of establishing an edublog
• 3.3.2 Items included in the edublog for teaching English writing
• 3.3.3 Functional modules in the edublog for teaching English writing
• 3.4 A tentative design of teaching procedures
• 3.4.1 The basic demands of English writing teaching based on blog
• 3.4.2 Procedures and activities of teaching English writing based on blog
• Chapter Four Investigation on Blog Application in English Writing Instruction
• 4.1 Purpose of the study
• 4.2 Method
• 4.2.1 Subject
• 4.2.2 Procedure
• 4.2.3 Data collection
• 4.2.4 Data analysis
• 4.3 Discussion and proposal
• 4.3.1 Pedagogical implications
• 4.3.2 Constraints of using blog for teaching English writing
• Conclusions
• Bibliography
• Appendix
• Acknowledgements