Developing young learners' writing skills in informal situations using ICT facilities

Palletier (2008) states that technology plays a big role in developing children’s writing. She claims that the computer is one of the significant forms of technology because of its easy accessibility. Franco (2008) also stresses the importance of ICT in enhancing children’s writing development. He...

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Main Author:	Mat Daud, Nuraihan
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	P Philology. Linguistics
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/10898/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/10898/1/278-279.pdf

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spelling	iium-108982013-07-16T07:41:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/10898/ Developing young learners' writing skills in informal situations using ICT facilities Mat Daud, Nuraihan P Philology. Linguistics Palletier (2008) states that technology plays a big role in developing children’s writing. She claims that the computer is one of the significant forms of technology because of its easy accessibility. Franco (2008) also stresses the importance of ICT in enhancing children’s writing development. He examines the use of different teaching methods in order to help young students improve their writing skills. This paper explores children use of ICT devices outside the classroom. It discusses the ICT facilities used by young learners to develop their writing skills. Each has its strength in developing these skills. Powerpoint and word processors are the two obvious tools that can be explored for this purpose. Strong parental support and guidance can help very young learners to develop their writing skills using these devices. A longitudinal study (four years) on one nine year old child shows that power-point alone provided an interesting tool for the child to develop various aspects of writing. The bigger children preferred sites which are more interactive. It was, however, found that the social networking sites did not necessarily improve their writing skills. The real audience, however, made these sites a suitable medium for developing their communication skills. Those who were serious about developing their writing skills often went for other facilities. This included the use of blogs. Others utilised other means such as disguising themselves as the speakers of the target language. All these reflect the potential these facilities have in producing independent learners particularly in developing writing skills. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/10898/1/278-279.pdf Mat Daud, Nuraihan (2010) Developing young learners' writing skills in informal situations using ICT facilities. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010), 26 - 27 January 2010, Kuala Lumpur.
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description	Palletier (2008) states that technology plays a big role in developing children’s writing. She claims that the computer is one of the significant forms of technology because of its easy accessibility. Franco (2008) also stresses the importance of ICT in enhancing children’s writing development. He examines the use of different teaching methods in order to help young students improve their writing skills. This paper explores children use of ICT devices outside the classroom. It discusses the ICT facilities used by young learners to develop their writing skills. Each has its strength in developing these skills. Powerpoint and word processors are the two obvious tools that can be explored for this purpose. Strong parental support and guidance can help very young learners to develop their writing skills using these devices. A longitudinal study (four years) on one nine year old child shows that power-point alone provided an interesting tool for the child to develop various aspects of writing. The bigger children preferred sites which are more interactive. It was, however, found that the social networking sites did not necessarily improve their writing skills. The real audience, however, made these sites a suitable medium for developing their communication skills. Those who were serious about developing their writing skills often went for other facilities. This included the use of blogs. Others utilised other means such as disguising themselves as the speakers of the target language. All these reflect the potential these facilities have in producing independent learners particularly in developing writing skills.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mat Daud, Nuraihan
author_facet	Mat Daud, Nuraihan
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title	Developing young learners' writing skills in informal situations using ICT facilities
title_short	Developing young learners' writing skills in informal situations using ICT facilities
title_full	Developing young learners' writing skills in informal situations using ICT facilities
title_fullStr	Developing young learners' writing skills in informal situations using ICT facilities
title_full_unstemmed	Developing young learners' writing skills in informal situations using ICT facilities
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url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/10898/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/10898/1/278-279.pdf
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