Session
Education and Development
Description
Nowadays, technology has become one of the most dominant factors that assist second language learning and teaching process. Thus, its use has become widely spread in classroom settings as it provides a stimulant, interactive and creative learning environment. Particularly, the expansion of technology has brought significant improvements in students’ writing skills. Hence, the main aim of this paper is to explain computers’ impact on students writing, that is to say, how computers assist students in creating more concise and qualitative texts. In order to prove my hypothesis, an experiment was carried out with two groups of first year students, at the South East European University in Macedonia, during a period of one semester. One group of students used computers in their writing process and the other group was exposed to traditional paper and pencil writing by having the teacher as the only source of instruction. The results indicated that students who used computers in their writing process made less spelling and grammar mistakes and made more revisions. In addition, their writings were longer and better organized. Also, by the end of the experiment, students using computers in their writings had a more positive attitude towards writing, in general.
Keywords:
computers, writing skills, word processing, technology
Session Chair
Silvishah Miftari Goodspeed
Session Co-Chair
Halil Bashota
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-69-1
Location
Pristina, Kosovo
Start Date
27-10-2018 1:30 PM
End Date
27-10-2018 3:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2018.121
Recommended Citation
Sadiku, Alisa and Krasniqi, Ardian, "Computers’ impact on students’ writing skills" (2018). UBT International Conference. 121.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2018/all-events/121
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Computers’ impact on students’ writing skills
Pristina, Kosovo
Nowadays, technology has become one of the most dominant factors that assist second language learning and teaching process. Thus, its use has become widely spread in classroom settings as it provides a stimulant, interactive and creative learning environment. Particularly, the expansion of technology has brought significant improvements in students’ writing skills. Hence, the main aim of this paper is to explain computers’ impact on students writing, that is to say, how computers assist students in creating more concise and qualitative texts. In order to prove my hypothesis, an experiment was carried out with two groups of first year students, at the South East European University in Macedonia, during a period of one semester. One group of students used computers in their writing process and the other group was exposed to traditional paper and pencil writing by having the teacher as the only source of instruction. The results indicated that students who used computers in their writing process made less spelling and grammar mistakes and made more revisions. In addition, their writings were longer and better organized. Also, by the end of the experiment, students using computers in their writings had a more positive attitude towards writing, in general.