Exploring the potential of web 2.0 technologies for teaching second/foreign language writing in higher education

Authors

  • Liliya Bykova Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University
  • Julia Lanskaya Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University
  • Tatyana Perova Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University
  • Julia Remaeva Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
  • Anna Voynova Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47750/jett.2022.13.01.029

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The emergence and rapid evolution of Web 2.0 technologies have resulted in their ever-growing use in education. Their communicative, participatory and interactive features have been recognised as pedagogically useful for teaching second/foreign languages, writing in particular. This literature-based study therefore explores plentiful and continually proliferating research on the potential of Web 2.0 technologies for teaching second/foreign language writing in higher education. To examine the potential of Web 2.0 technologies for teaching second/foreign language writing and answer the research question, 73 research articles were reviewed. Their data were analysed in terms of the effect technology made on students’ writing abilities, namely their linguistic and pragmatic competences. The findings generally confirm the effectiveness of Web 2.0 technologies to improve the quality of students’ writing and enhance their linguistic and pragmatic competences. Drawing on Web 2.0 affordances, teachers are able to create an authentic and interactive learning environment for students to practice and improve their writing skills.

Author Biographies

Liliya Bykova, Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University

Senior Lecturer, the Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages and Linguodidactics, Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Julia Lanskaya, Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, the Department of Foreign Language Professional Communication, Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Tatyana Perova, Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University

Senior Lecturer, the Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages and Linguodidactics, Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Julia Remaeva, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguo-Culturology, Institute of International Relations and World History, Lobachevsky State University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Anna Voynova, Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University

PhD in Pedagogy, Associate Professor, the Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages and Linguodidactics, Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2022)

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