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An OWL Abroad: A Descriptive Study of OWL
Use in the EFL Context
Joshua Paiz
Purdue University, jpaiz@purdue.edu
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2. An
OWL
Abroad:
A
Descrip3ve
Study
of
OWL
use
in
the
EFL
Context,
A
Preliminary
Report
Joshua
M.
Paiz,
MA

3. Presenta3on
Overview
• A
brief
situa3on
• “An
OWL
Abroad”
research
project
overview
– Methods
– Survey
– Follow-­‐up
• Findings
• Implica3ons
for
the
Purdue
OWL
&
Next
Steps

4. SITUATING
THE
STUDY
An
OWL
Abroad

5. Situa3ng
OWLs
in
the
EFL
Context
• Tan
(2006)
– Pulled
from
Europe
and
N.
America
• Gu
&
Ding
(2002)
• Rilling
(2005)
– “ESL”
OWLs
&
Online
Tutoring

6. THE
OWL
ABROAD
RESEARCH
PROJECT
An
OWL
Abroad

7. The
Instrument
• 41-­‐item
survey
w/
opt-­‐in
email
follow-­‐up
– 7
demographic
ques3ons
– 3
general
OWL
usage/a_tudes
ques3ons
– 29
Purdue
OWL
specific
usage/a_tudes
ques3ons
• 20
manditory/9
op3onal
follow-­‐up
– 1
follow-­‐up
contact
ques3on
• 4-­‐item,
open-­‐ended
follup-­‐up
email
interivew

8. Instrument
Delivery
• Survey
Delivery
– August
2012
to
January
2013
– 7
major
interna3onal
listservs
• Targe3ng:
WPAs,
WCDs,
L2
Wri3ng
Instructors,
Scholars,
and
Researchers
• Follow-­‐up
Delivery
– Directed
email
from
the
OWL
coordinator

9. THE
ESL/EFL
DISTINCTION
An
OWL
Abroad

10. PRELIMINARY
MAJOR
FINDINGS
An
OWL
Abroad

11. Major
Finding
1:
OWL
Usage
Pacerns
General
OWLs
The
Purdue
OWL
Usage
Sales

12. Major
Finding
2:
Resource
Awareness
ESL-­‐Specific
Resources
VidCast
Lecture
Resources
Sales
Sales

15. Major
Finding
3:
Linguis3c
Accessiblity
• 5
ques3ons
rela3ng
to
source
“appropriate(ness)
without
modifica3on”
– Average
58.04%
– “…explain
them
in
the
less
than
2k
vocablary
band”
– “My
students
are
more
low-­‐level
than
your
typical
students.”
– “More
Accessible
vocabulary…for
EFL
students.”
– “Think
low
level;
(sic)
very
low
level.”

16. IMPLICATIONS
FOR
THE
PURDUE
OWL
&
NEXT
STEPS
An
OWL
Abroad

17. Thank
you
for
your
acen3on
Contact:
JPaiz@Purdue.edu