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“Writing is Processing What You Have Read”: Using Written Input-to-Output Tasks in the Swedish Upper Secondary School

Bovin, Emma LU and Hedenskog, Josephine LU (2018) ÄENM92 20181
Educational Sciences
English Studies
Abstract
The Swedish national syllabi for the subject of English challenges upper secondary students to not only produce text, but to interact with and through it; students should actively engage with the learning process through reading, writing, and speaking. Previous research within this field has investigated the relationship between reading and writing, as well as how to use writing to complement the reading process in the ESL classroom. Such tasks have been defined as input-to-output tasks. This thesis aims to research how and why ESL teachers in the Swedish upper secondary school might use input-to-output tasks in their classrooms. Therefore, multiple interviews with currently working upper secondary ESL teachers were conducted, and through... (More)
The Swedish national syllabi for the subject of English challenges upper secondary students to not only produce text, but to interact with and through it; students should actively engage with the learning process through reading, writing, and speaking. Previous research within this field has investigated the relationship between reading and writing, as well as how to use writing to complement the reading process in the ESL classroom. Such tasks have been defined as input-to-output tasks. This thesis aims to research how and why ESL teachers in the Swedish upper secondary school might use input-to-output tasks in their classrooms. Therefore, multiple interviews with currently working upper secondary ESL teachers were conducted, and through the theory of constructivism we have investigated how and why input-to-output tasks are used. The results of this thesis suggest that when Swedish ESL teachers use input-to-output tasks, they usually construct them as either a pre-task or an end-task to their reading projects. Unearthing the reasons for why teachers might use these tasks has proven difficult, seeing as the teachers usually discuss their arguments for working with fiction in the ESL classroom, rather than explaining their use of writing tasks. Our material shows that there is a difficulty in separating reading and writing, and that teachers might not always be aware of what literacy skills they are promoting. Finally, this thesis has outlined suggestions for further research that might aid the understanding of how to incorporate input-to-output tasks in the most beneficial way. (Less)
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author
Bovin, Emma LU and Hedenskog, Josephine LU
supervisor
organization
course
ÄENM92 20181
year
type
H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
subject
keywords
ESL Learning, Input-to-Output Tasks, Constructivism, Reading-Writing Relationship
language
English
id
8950444
date added to LUP
2018-06-18 11:19:13
date last changed
2018-06-18 11:19:13
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  abstract     = {{The Swedish national syllabi for the subject of English challenges upper secondary students to not only produce text, but to interact with and through it; students should actively engage with the learning process through reading, writing, and speaking. Previous research within this field has investigated the relationship between reading and writing, as well as how to use writing to complement the reading process in the ESL classroom. Such tasks have been defined as input-to-output tasks. This thesis aims to research how and why ESL teachers in the Swedish upper secondary school might use input-to-output tasks in their classrooms. Therefore, multiple interviews with currently working upper secondary ESL teachers were conducted, and through the theory of constructivism we have investigated how and why input-to-output tasks are used. The results of this thesis suggest that when Swedish ESL teachers use input-to-output tasks, they usually construct them as either a pre-task or an end-task to their reading projects. Unearthing the reasons for why teachers might use these tasks has proven difficult, seeing as the teachers usually discuss their arguments for working with fiction in the ESL classroom, rather than explaining their use of writing tasks. Our material shows that there is a difficulty in separating reading and writing, and that teachers might not always be aware of what literacy skills they are promoting. Finally, this thesis has outlined suggestions for further research that might aid the understanding of how to incorporate input-to-output tasks in the most beneficial way.}},
  author       = {{Bovin, Emma and Hedenskog, Josephine}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{“Writing is Processing What You Have Read”: Using Written Input-to-Output Tasks in the Swedish Upper Secondary School}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}