Writing in German as a foreign language: the impact of computer use on revision behaviour

The nature of writing and its interaction with the other language skills are examined, and approaches to teaching writing are presented. The use of word processing in the writing process is reviewed, and the positive and negative effects of word processing on writing are outlined. A study which was...

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Main Author: Ann Marie King
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Irish Association for Applied Linguistics 2019-07-01
Series:Teanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
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Online Access:https://journal.iraal.ie/index.php/teanga/article/view/142
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spelling doaj-080cbb8deec0422ba5a0f228dca78afa2020-11-25T02:29:53ZengThe Irish Association for Applied LinguisticsTeanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics 0332-205X2565-63252019-07-0123Writing in German as a foreign language: the impact of computer use on revision behaviourAnn Marie King0Dundalk Institute of Technology The nature of writing and its interaction with the other language skills are examined, and approaches to teaching writing are presented. The use of word processing in the writing process is reviewed, and the positive and negative effects of word processing on writing are outlined. A study which was carried out to examine the impact of computer use on revision behaviour is described, and its findings are discussed. Recommendations are made regarding the use of word processing in the writing curriculum. https://journal.iraal.ie/index.php/teanga/article/view/142GermanWritingTeaching writing
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Writing in German as a foreign language: the impact of computer use on revision behaviour
Teanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
German
Writing
Teaching writing
author_facet Ann Marie King
author_sort Ann Marie King
title Writing in German as a foreign language: the impact of computer use on revision behaviour
title_short Writing in German as a foreign language: the impact of computer use on revision behaviour
title_full Writing in German as a foreign language: the impact of computer use on revision behaviour
title_fullStr Writing in German as a foreign language: the impact of computer use on revision behaviour
title_full_unstemmed Writing in German as a foreign language: the impact of computer use on revision behaviour
title_sort writing in german as a foreign language: the impact of computer use on revision behaviour
publisher The Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
series Teanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics
issn 0332-205X
2565-6325
publishDate 2019-07-01
description The nature of writing and its interaction with the other language skills are examined, and approaches to teaching writing are presented. The use of word processing in the writing process is reviewed, and the positive and negative effects of word processing on writing are outlined. A study which was carried out to examine the impact of computer use on revision behaviour is described, and its findings are discussed. Recommendations are made regarding the use of word processing in the writing curriculum.
topic German
Writing
Teaching writing
url https://journal.iraal.ie/index.php/teanga/article/view/142
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