Concept Mapping and Summary Writing as Complementary Strategies for Developing EFL Content Comprehension

Debopriyo Roy
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This is an exploratory study in an undergraduate EFL business-writing course studying participants' ability to read, comprehend, and represent text visually using concept mapping (CM), summary writing, and social network analysis techniques as complementary strategies. The idea with this experiment was to explore if students are capable of analyzing business and technology information from technical readings in a way to represent it graphically with CMs and social networks. Preliminary data from the case study showed that students were reasonably successful in processing texts on topics related to the Tesla electric car company's business and technology models. Multiple iterations and guided instructions when designing CMs demonstrated the interplay of various actors, processes, interactions, and contexts. Student performance indicated significant expertise with CM design and text summarization but inadequate performance designing social networks, indicating the necessity for more structured instructions and practice.
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概念映射和摘要写作是培养英语内容理解能力的互补策略
这是一项针对本科英语商务写作课程的探索性研究,研究参与者使用概念映射(CM)、摘要写作和社会网络分析技术作为补充策略,阅读、理解和视觉表达文本的能力。这个实验的想法是探索学生是否有能力从技术读物中分析商业和技术信息,并用CMs和社交网络图形化地表示它。案例研究的初步数据显示,学生们在处理与特斯拉电动汽车公司的商业和技术模型相关的主题文本方面相当成功。在设计CMs时,多次迭代和指导说明演示了各种参与者、过程、交互和上下文的相互作用。学生在CM设计和文本摘要方面的表现显著,但在社交网络设计方面表现不佳,这表明有必要进行更结构化的指导和实践。
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期刊介绍: The mission of the International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT) is to publish research, theory, and conceptually-based papers that address the use and impact of and innovations in education technologies in advancing foreign/second language learning and teaching. This journal expands on the principles, theories, designs, discussion, and implementations of computer-assisted language learning. In addition to original research papers and submissions on theory and concept development and systematic reports of practice, this journal welcomes theory-based CALL-related book and software/application reviews.
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