tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77870859162653734462024-03-05T06:12:08.784-08:00Stella's Research Reflection DiaryI have created this blog to share my reflections on the action research process I carried out in a state school in Bogota Colombia, about the use of the genre process approach and the e-portfolio dossier to improve short story writing in senior year students.Stella Rincon V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10962379656727878240noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7787085916265373446.post-26925171862357204212009-11-16T08:18:00.000-08:002009-11-16T09:18:25.489-08:00Time for acknowledgmentsNovember 16 Being a participant of the Master in English Language Teaching – Autonomous Learning Environments has been one of the most rewarding experiences in my professional life. During these two years, I actually learned how to carry out a research project and how to be a better language teacher. For this reason I want to show my gratitude to my action Research professors Luz Dary Arias, Stella Rincon V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10962379656727878240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7787085916265373446.post-36469339543033820352009-11-16T07:25:00.000-08:002009-11-16T09:19:59.457-08:00Sharing the project and final reflectionNovember 15Sharing the action research project done during the last two years with our peers and tutors of the Master program was stressful but a very rewarding experience since it let me be aware of the importance of becoming a researcher in the classroom. I know that there are many aspects I have to continue polishing in order to carry out other studies in the future. I know that they will Stella Rincon V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10962379656727878240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7787085916265373446.post-78918617607799650532009-11-16T07:18:00.000-08:002009-11-16T08:06:17.199-08:00ConclusionsNovember, 2009Based on the main findings of this study I can conclude that students showed a progressive improvement in their short story writing process evidenced in the evaluation done to each one of the instruments filed in their e-portfolios.1. It is interesting to highlight that not all of the students participated in the same way within their groups.The role dominance of a student in eachStella Rincon V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10962379656727878240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7787085916265373446.post-36366572109519520082009-11-16T07:17:00.000-08:002009-11-16T08:05:44.362-08:00Further researchOCtober, 2009Further research studies need to investigate the effect of collaborative work in the writing process in order to provide students with the cooperative learning fundaments. It will enable that all the integrants of a group achieve the goals at the same extent and help them to become successful learners. Moreover, students’ different learning styles must be taken into account when Stella Rincon V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10962379656727878240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7787085916265373446.post-22586187977919468442009-11-16T07:16:00.000-08:002009-11-16T08:06:49.076-08:00LimitationsSeptember, 2009 Unfortunately, the school was closed by sanitary problems for three days so two sessions were not developed in the scheduled days. Additionally, not all face to face (F2F) tutorial sessions could be carried out since the computers room was not available in some of the opportunities required it. For these reasons, students had to work by themselves at home following instructions Stella Rincon V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10962379656727878240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7787085916265373446.post-41653252187081980712009-11-16T07:03:00.000-08:002009-11-16T07:53:41.173-08:00My findingsSeptember, 2009 1. While I was going through the data analysis stage, I discovered that a new stage(in-writing) in the writing process( different from pre, while, and post writing stages) was born. This stage let students see the writing process as a whole entity, in which apart from creating individual drafts, students do understand that the final product implies a systematic process of writingStella Rincon V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10962379656727878240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7787085916265373446.post-36152508134708543022009-04-18T08:38:00.001-07:002009-05-01T11:08:44.107-07:00The Action Research : identifying common problematic situation in the classroom, and taking actions to solve them.April 8, 2009Everyday in our work as teachers, we face different teaching and learning problems which demand us to think about new strategies for helping our students to improve their learning process and look for innovations to do better classes. Although, it implies to consult some professional literature and establish some parameters to follow on, it can not be considered a research. A Stella Rincon V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10962379656727878240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7787085916265373446.post-67337684737815279722009-03-29T20:05:00.001-07:002009-05-01T11:10:15.854-07:00Pre-stage data collection: Placement test and surveyApril 14, 2009PLACEMENT TESTDescriptionThe placement test has two parts: grammar and vocabulary and writing. The first one was adapted by me from a MM placement test designed by H.Q. Mitchell and J. Scott (2004). The aim was to evaluate students English proficiency level, and the second one was a free practice to identify what previous knowledge students have about short story Stella Rincon V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10962379656727878240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7787085916265373446.post-27204970399448565232009-03-29T20:04:00.002-07:002009-05-01T11:08:14.733-07:00While-stage data collection: classesApril 16, 2009DescriptionThe class aim was to identify the parts of a story and its mains characteristics in a written version of the King Arthur's story by using the short story writing rubrics designed for the project. The lesson was was planned for a period of 90 minutes. They perfomed a brainstorming to activate schemata by completing a T chart on the board. Then some key words were taught byStella Rincon V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10962379656727878240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7787085916265373446.post-32404115419253528932009-03-29T20:04:00.001-07:002009-11-16T06:58:41.014-08:00Post-stage data collectionAfter collecting all the data, it was necessary to develeop the following process to to analyze the information in order to answer the research question: How will the use of the genre process approach and e-portfolio dossier help eleventh graders improve their short story writing skills?Intially, I used the trend analysis approach (Sagor, 2005, p.110), since it is a useful strategy for tracing Stella Rincon V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10962379656727878240noreply@blogger.com0