มิเชล เอ การ์เซีย. Using consultation to enhance students' logical thinking at the pre-writing stage. Master's Degree(Applied Linguistics for English Language Teaching). King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. KMUTT Library. : King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 2017.
Using consultation to enhance students' logical thinking at the pre-writing stage
Abstract:
This research study was conducted in order to investigate how the teacher gives
writing consultation at the pre-writing stage to enhance students' logical thinking.
Participants in this study were five undergraduate students who are studying in the
Arts English Major Program at a government university where the researcher is
currently employed as an English Instructor. The data for this study was transcripts of
audio recordings from each writing consultation and the students' drafts.
There were ten essay topics provided for the participants to choose for their essay.
Each participant was given an ample abount of consultation according to how they
performed in writing their drafts.
The findings in the study revealed that all five participants needed the consulations
according to their specific needs. The findings show that each student consultation
varied in the duration of time, the number of consultations, and the occurrence of each
feature according to each participant's performance.
In order to find out which features were used to enhance students' logical thinking,
each segment of the teacher-researcher's talk was analyzed using the definition of
each feature. Then, each analyzed segment was matched with the students' drafis from
each consultation. The findings revealed that the strategies under the Scaffolding
feature such as Frustration control, Explain the concept/ideas, and Reduce degree of
freedom were strategies frequently used to enhance student's logical thinking.
Although the frequency of strategies under the Negotiation feature such as
Comprehension Check and Confirmation Check were highest in occurence among
other strategies, these were used more often to lead the negotation of meaning
between the teacher-researcher and the students.