Writingmatrix At TŠC

WRITINGMATRIX AT VOCATIONAL COLLEGE OF TŠC IN NOVA GORICA, SLOVENIA Saša Sirk

CONTENTS
Who we are and what we do
What we’ve learnt so far
Student response
How it has helped student writing

WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE COME FROM
Saša Sirk, an ESP lecturer at TŠC Nova Gorica
The Sunny Side of the Alps - our tiny Slovenia
Our class –informatics engineering students

ABOUT US
Adult class (28+),
Our ESP course a combination of Business English, Computer English and General English
F2F
Students’ level of English ranges from lower intermediate to advanced

INFORMAL COURSE-RELATED DISCUSSIONS
Moodle forum
Class blog

JOINING THE WRITINGMATRIX PROJECT
Blogger
Bloglines
Technorati
Del.icio.us

GLIMPSES FROM MY STUDENTS’ BLOGS
They’ve been sharing:
their passions,
videos,
drawings,
photos,
projects,
bloglines feeds
del.icio.us items,
interesting info, articles, news, etc.

WHAT WE’VE LEARNT SO FAR
Subscribing to blogs using an aggregator is an efficient way to keep up to date with whatever interests you,
Blog offers many possibilities to express yourself,
There’s real audience out there,
Comments are great,
Checking out other people’s blogs and commenting their works is fun but also takes time and effort.

STUDENT RESPONSE
Pleasantly surprised - like the idea and the potential behind it,
Appreciate real communication, community atmosphere, informal, relaxed interaction,
Some more involved than others,
Mostly intend to keep up – some actively, some lurking.
created at TagCrowd.com

HOW THIS HAS HELPED STUDENT WRITING
Their motivation to write in English increased,
They are aware of the importance of:
being interesting,
expressing ideas clearly,
making their blogs attractive,
They put a lot of effort in what they do,
They feel at ease to play and experiment,
They care about their blogs.

THANK YOU
THANK YOU

REFERENCES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:EU_location_SLO.png http://tagcrowd.com/
http://del.icio.us/
http://writingmatrix.wikispaces.com
http://www.bloglines.com/
http://www.technorati.com/
Class blog:
Roštilj http://rostilj.blogspot.com
Student blogs:
SueAnn http://su4x.blogspot.com/
Matej http://catmanworld.blogspot.com/
Aleš http://bagonales.blogspot.com/
Robert http://kasan-robert.blogspot.com/
Igor http://diverssi.blogspot.com/
Dušan http://dusanpregelj.blogspot.com/ ; http://motorcycles10.blogspot.com/
Aleksander http://alex4uall.blogspot.com/
Bogdan http://napredek.blogspot.com/
Robert Č. http://planinarjenje.blogspot.com/

Writingmatrix At TŠC

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