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Web-text : perceptions of digital reading skills in the ESL classroom
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posted on 2002-01-01, 00:00 authored by Wendy Sutherland-SmithWendy Sutherland-SmithNew strategies required in Web reading and digital writing cause previous notions of literacy to be reshaped and compel teachers to rethink classroom reading practice. The aim of this paper is to compare student perceptions of reading skills needed in the traditional print- text mode with the skills needed to read and gather information on the Web. Do students perceive reading as different on the Web? Are there implications for reading classroom teachers? This research was conducted in a medium-sized suburban government primary school of 580 students from 72 different countries. The participants were 48 students in two grade-six classes, with a focus on 12 English as second language (ESL) students' responses. These students came from Taiwan, China, India, Malaysia, Poland and Bhutan. The study was replicated in an adult ELICOS language centre environment with the authors own class of 18 students from China, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Japan. Different student expectations of Web-text compared to paper-text were evident. This research adds to our constantly evolving notions of literacy embracing technology and can be applied to primary, secondary and tertiary levels of ESL teaching practice.
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ProspectVolume
17Issue
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AprilPagination
55 - 70Publisher
National Centre for English Language Teaching and ResearchLocation
Sydney, N. S. W.ISSN
0814-7094Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2002, National Centre for English Language Teaching and ResearchUsage metrics
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