Teaching ‘Technical Report Writing’ Through Task Based Language Learning
Journal Title: International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 6
Abstract
This paper is a record of an innovative teaching strategy that focused on helping learners write logical reports. The research, involved 818 Engineering students from a renowned technical institution in India. The study group were in their first semester enrolled in ‘English for Engineers course’, with report writing as a crucial component. ‘Reports’ demand a specific format and need to be logically presented, with relevant factual details and proof of what it states. In most of the technical Universities, teachers often use the ‘product method’ to teach, report writing. The report of this study, will instigate teachers to think out of the box and visualize areas where the technology can be put to a productive use. The teaching method involved a task-based learning by combining the ‘product and process’ approach to writing. The paper details the tasks and technical platforms chosen to enhance the teaching –learning experience. As a result, of which the learners produced effective reports that resulted from the experiment that involved extensive reading, discussions and reasoning. The experiment was quite challenging to coordinate as it involved constant mentoring, feedback, corrections and follow up from the teaching perspective. While from the learning aspect, it proved to open up challenges to the target group in the process it generated a positive response from the students as they progressed to meet the goal set.
Authors and Affiliations
Maria Mercy Amutha, G. Christopher
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