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Juliana Pena
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Date Posted: 10:43:11 08/17/13 Sat
In reply to:
Bárbara Aun
's message, "Barbara's Answers" on 08:10:11 08/17/13 Sat
Barbara
I think your answers are excelent and you clarify my view about the connections the author makes in the text.
>Good Saturday everyone! Here are my answers:
>
>1- In which sections of the article do the authors
>establish connections between their own study and
>previously published studies? Where is the
>establishment of such connections more salient and
>important? What do you think the function of
>establishing such connections is?
>
>During the whole introduction the author introduces a
>long amount of resources, the basis of the studies he
>made, to be able to develop his research fixed on a
>firm basis and from a starting point. In the
>introduction the author also presents a variation of
>problems in the field its research happens as the
>existence of different conclusions from authors who
>researched the same point.
>
>The introduction is divided in three parts. Each one
>addressed to a different usage. Part one focus on the
>basis of the research itself. The second in the study
>of the technology mentioned and the other focused on
>the collaborative writing production, how it works and
>its development.
>
>The connection between his own study and previous
>studies happen during �Discussion� and �Data
>Collection and Analysis�. This connection has deep
>importance because the main objective of a research is
>to add new strategies, possibilities or results to all
>that have been already studied.
>
>2- What is the purpose of the "material and methods"
>section? What information is provided in this section?
>
>�Material and Methods� provide information necessary
>to specify in which terms the study was developed and
>those are the information capable of establishing the
>context those texts were built. The context is the
>relevant constrains of the communicative situation
>that may influence language use, language variation
>and others. Considering that the context is able to
>influence or even to change how the text is written or
>its characteristics it is of extreme importance to
>specify who wrote it, in which situation and any other
>tools or patterns the students made use of to
>construct the material this research uses for analyses.
>
>This section provides information about material and
>methods, as its proper name says:
>
>� who are the participants of this research and the
>number of them,
>� the online tools they used for the text production,
>� the number of groups and texts they had as material
>for analyses,
>� what was analyzed (divided in Form, Meaning and
>Other) and what they consist in terms of changes in
>the text.
>
>3- What is the importance of empirical data and facts
>for the achievement of the general objectives of the
>article?
>
>The importance of data and facts is to establish
>exactly which information leads to which result. The
>context influences the result and it is obvious that
>if we change the context, data and facts, we will
>accomplish another result, based in other information,
>consequently another analyses.
>
>If these students had a different platform to work on
>or if they were younger, older or even producing
>another kind of activity they would have a different
>material to analyze and consequently different results.
>
>4- Concerning this specific sample article, do you
>think the data and facts presented were sufficient to
>convince you of the conclusions the authors have
>proposed? Why?
>
>Yes, the author presented a rich source of examples
>which were able to make me reflect about my
>participation during a collaborative writing. During
>all kinds of group works I�ve made using Google Docs
>the points that calls my attention the most is the use
>of tools I don�t use when producing an individual
>writing text. During �Non-language Related
>Contributions� two students are working in the same
>document at the same time and for one of them notices
>what the other is arranging in the text they agree to
>mark it red.
>
>In these situations I also imagine my students
>working. The group has to establish what to do and how
>to work. They have to be organized and efficient. This
>is of extreme importance when you have to learn how to
>work in groups and consequently they are all learning
>life skills.
>
>5- What is the purpose of the "discussion" section?
>
>The �Discussion� section compares previous studies to
>the results found. It shows the need of other studies
>among the use of technology for collaborative writing
>for further conclusions of how the students engage
>themselves for completing the task.
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