PILOTING A VOCATIONAL E-COURSE AT A UK COLLEGE: Developing strategies to support non-native  English speaking learners to complete the essay-type questions of their assignments

dc.creator	Stavroula BIBILA
dc.date	2010-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:37:51Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:37:51Z
dc.identifier	1302-6488
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a8c84002343841ea81d36313fe13b201
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/23099
dc.description	This paper presents a study of practice that was conducted during the piloting of a vocational (health care) e-course at the Distance Learning department of a College of Further and Higher Education in England. The purpose of the study was to establish a course of action aiming to support non-native English speaking learners to successfully complete the essay-type questions of the e-course assignments. The exploratory nature of the study means that in effect the study comprises of two distinct, yet interrelated parts, with the first one looking into how two (2) non-native English speaking learners (participants) used different e-course resources to help them compose their answers. Based on the findings, the second part examines the role of writing frameworks (in the form of email communication between the tutor and the participants) in helping the latter to compose answers that met the assessment criteria in terms of a) content (subject) accuracy, b) length and c) originality. Discussion of the findings includes implications for providing additional English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) support to distance learners, suggestions for further improvements to the e-course and recommendations for further research.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Anadolu University, Eskisehir
dc.relation	http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/tojde38/pdf/notes_for_editor_3.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1302-6488
dc.source	The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 23-39 (2010)
dc.subject	Vocational Distance Education
dc.subject	Vocational e-learning
dc.subject	Asynchronous Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
dc.subject	English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) writing skills
dc.subject	English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
dc.subject	English for Academic Purposes (EAP).
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	PILOTING A VOCATIONAL E-COURSE AT A UK COLLEGE: Developing strategies to support non-native English speaking learners to complete the essay-type questions of their assignments
dc.type	article