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Double-Entry Journal using Google Docs to share and exchange comments among participants. Source: Created by the LC's Participants (2015).
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Introduction: This action research project aims to strengthen English language reading comprehension and speaking skills in college students through the use of Google Apps and Literature Circles (LCs) in virtual communities for learning. Method: The study involved 70 students at a public university in Ecuador. The educational intervention lasted a...
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... LCs provided the students with opportunities for exchange, cooperative learning, written production and evaluation using the apps Google Docs and Google Sheets. During the independent reading the students needed to complete the form double-entry journal for which students used Google Docs (See Fig. 1) and a vocabulary log form using Google Sheets (See Fig. 2) to help them interact with the content and share with other members of the LC, and to learn the new vocabulary encountered in the readings respectively. The Google Sheets spreadsheet included a vocabulary log instrument, which was designed to help students learn new terms. The ...
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This work aims is to introduce the e-Literary Circle (e-LC) as an academic innovation that parts from the conventional Literary Circle (CL) towards, its adaptation to an accessible computer platform, and the transformation of an oral practice in English into a written production process. The methodology selected is based on the social interaction approach where 38 university students participated in a distance educational intervention designed by the researcher team. From the qualitative method were applied the technics: Focus group, con-textualized observation, and semi-structured interview to test the efficiency of the digital tool. The results demonstrate a high technical feasibility of the e-LC and its contribution for the participants improve their written production levels in the English language, despite being in adverse conditions. It is concluded that digital education enhances the possibilities of resuming the daily march of educational activities with quality, within scenarios affected by natural disasters. In addition, the use of the Literary e-Circle has managed to reduce student's exposure to latent hazards in natural catastrophes events, such as the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Ecuador on April 16, 2016.
