TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING A TOOL TO ASSIST L2 WRITING BASED ON SEARCH ENGINES CAPABILITIES - The Case of English Phrases and Collocations

Grami M. A. Grami, Basem Y. Alkazemi

2011

Abstract

Writing is one of the most difficult skills to learn and it gets more complicated when students learn to write in another language. In fact, results of language proficiency tests such as IELTS shows a systematic tendency of Arab students scoring less in writing than any other skill. Obviously there are various reasons that complicate the task of ESL writing but we focus here on the incorrect combination of words, more specifically collocations and lexical phrases, and its relation to L1 interference. We propose an alternative approach in teaching ESL writing which utilizes common search engines in finding out not only correct usage of words but systematic types of errors so they can be avoided. Moreover, students can use such an approach to validate their writing style in their coursework.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

M. A. Grami G. and Y. Alkazemi B. (2011). TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING A TOOL TO ASSIST L2 WRITING BASED ON SEARCH ENGINES CAPABILITIES - The Case of English Phrases and Collocations . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8425-49-2, pages 225-230. DOI: 10.5220/0003331902250230

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu11,
author={Grami M. A. Grami and Basem Y. Alkazemi},
title={TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING A TOOL TO ASSIST L2 WRITING BASED ON SEARCH ENGINES CAPABILITIES - The Case of English Phrases and Collocations},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2011},
pages={225-230},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003331902250230},
isbn={978-989-8425-49-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING A TOOL TO ASSIST L2 WRITING BASED ON SEARCH ENGINES CAPABILITIES - The Case of English Phrases and Collocations
SN - 978-989-8425-49-2
AU - M. A. Grami G.
AU - Y. Alkazemi B.
PY - 2011
SP - 225
EP - 230
DO - 10.5220/0003331902250230