Indonesian JELT
Vol 7, No 1 (2011): Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching Vol. 7 no. 1 May 2011

A POST-PROCESS APPROACH: E-MAIL DIALOGUE JOURNAL WRITING AND ITS IMPACT ON QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' WRITING

Malihe Rezaei (Mazandaran University, Iran)
Elham Manzari (Shiraz University, Iran)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 May 2011

Abstract

E-mail Dialogue Journal Writing as a form of post-process approach provides students with the opportunity to communicate and collaborate with a native speaker, thus, receive authentic language input which develops their literacy skills. Despite its remarkable potentials, E-DJW practices have been rare in Asian contexts at school-level. In an attempt to bridge this gap, the present study was set out to address the impact of E-DJW on the quality and quantity of students' writing development. The findings of the study revealed that there was a lot of topic extension between the parties in the dialogue journal writing activity and the content of the writings was principally improved. A progress was also observed in the length of the entries, though not steadily. This study hopes to raise both students' and teachers' awareness of E-DJW as a writing activity which provides students with a non-threatening environment which fosters learning and makes them aware of the purpose of writing.                                                                                                       Keywords:      E-mail Dialogue Journal Writing (E-DJW), writing quality, writing quantity, post-process approach

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JELT

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching (IJELT) (pISSN: 0216-1281) is a peer-reviewed journal in which submitted articles will go through a blind review process. IJELT is published twice a year in May and in October every ...