Writing

Week 4 

“ Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute.”

 J.G. Ballard

💌Questions for digital writing paper. According to the article: 💌

1. What are the problems struggling writers have in writing classes?

   📝📝📝The problems struggling writer are  the development of positive attitudes towards writing and boring writing class because the teacher's control of the topic which they are not interested in wring. They have problem in expressing their idea through composition, communicating, understanding their teacher and using language such as some English as a foreign language.📝📝📝   

2. What does 'digital writing' refer to?

   📱📱📱Digital writing is becoming a standard way of life for young learners within Generation M. The fact that group of young learners views computers and technology as a part of their everyday live. The ways that computers and technology have become basic needs for Generation M have given rise to digital writing as the medium to communicate with each other.

3. What are the three digital writing tools? Give brief descriptions?

    📁 Blogs 

    A blog is a discussion, informational article or personal journal, published on the World    Wide Web, which is often frequently updated.
    📂 Instant Messaging (IM) 

    Instant Messaging (IM))is a form of Internet-based, real time text communication between users on the same system.
    📂 Social Network Site (SNS) 

    A network site (SNS) is a website or an online service platform in which interest, create a public or semi-public profile, and interact with other users.

4. How has digital writing enhanced the teaching of writing?

    🔔 First, many digital writing applications offer an anonymity feature. They provide opportunities for users to use nicknames or pseudonyms. This anonymous identity results in less anxiety and more pleasant classrooms, and enhances a peer feedback activity.
    🔔 Second in digital writing, learners actually type out what they want to communicate to the group or readers. They can can view their langue messages as they produce them, they are more likely to “monitor and self-repair or edit their messages.
    🔔 Third, digital writing promotes learners' equity in terms of interaction. This feature, furthermore, encourages collaborative, which has a positive effect on students' writing proficiency, especially with struggling writers and students who are shy and passive learners.

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. English teachers and scholars are worried that these easy-to use symbolic abbreviations will likely deconstruct verifiable grammatical rules.

6. Which activity do you like most? Why?

   👍👍I like Role Play because student will take the identity of the person they are pretending to be or are assigned to be and chat with their partner according to the given context.