Digital writing paper
The problems that have in writing classes are often less motivated to write fails to organize their ideas.The learners usually have poor handwriting and writes slowly or illegibly.In addition to, the learners lack of confidence in producing texts and insecure feeling about showing their writing to others.
2.What does'digital writing'refer to?
Digital writing' is a standard way of life for learners in Generation M.
3.What are the three digital writing tools? Give brief descriptions?
A blog is a discussion, informational article or personal journal, published on the World Wide Web, which is often frequently updated.Blogs typically include many features such as, comments, archives.
Instant Messaging (IM) is a form of Internet-based, real time text communication between users on the same system.
A social network site (SNS) is a website or an online service platform in which people share interest, create a public or semi-public profile, and interact with other users.
4.How has digital writing enhanced the teaching of writing?
First,They provide opportunities for users to use nicknames or pseudonyms.
Second,learners actually type out what they want to communicate to the group or readers.
Third, promotes learners’ equity in term of interaction. Users can see everyone’s messages and respond messages in real-time
5.What are the things that you should take into consideration to employ digital writing for teaching academic writing?
Many English teachers are still concerned that its specific register such as shorthand and emoticons may yield negative impact to many teen users.In particular, digital writing discourse is an informal, speaking style of language which is full of shorthand, abbreviations, and emoticons.This specific discourse register has been continually debated among scholars whether or not it can harm young Generation M learners'academic discourse.
6. Which activity do you like most?Why?
Activity 1: Affiliate Group Chat because this activity that the teacher can invite guest whom the teacher knows or interesting to students such as, foreigner, person who is in a music band to participate in the chat room or group chat with students and this activity can chat with other people around the world who are online in the same chat program in real-time.
