Writing Through Children's Common Experiences

ABSTRACT: This research paper reports the impact that the collective creation of stories had on third grade students’ written production in English at Ferrini School, a private institution in Robledo neighborhood, Medellín, Colombia. In order to increase students written production, I proposed a set...

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Autores:
Zapata Arango, Estefany
Tipo de recurso:
Trabajo de grado de pregrado
Fecha de publicación:
2016
Institución:
Universidad de Antioquia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UdeA
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/10789
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10495/10789
Palabra clave:
Lengua extranjera
Foreign languages
Aprendizaje
Learning
Aprendizaje basada en la experiencia
http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept3937
http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept5
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/
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Summary:ABSTRACT: This research paper reports the impact that the collective creation of stories had on third grade students’ written production in English at Ferrini School, a private institution in Robledo neighborhood, Medellín, Colombia. In order to increase students written production, I proposed a set of actions that moved from writing aloud and shared and guided writing to independent writing. I also used observations that were recorded in my journal, an interview to the CT and students, and students’ production to appraise their perceptions about how the activities proposed had impacted their written productions. The analysis of the information revealed that the creation of collective stories had a positive effect on students as they progressed in the conventional use of the language, and wrote more structured stories. Their desire to use English in different moments of the class increased as well as their engagement in collaborative learning activities.