Removing Computer Phobia from the Writing Classroom.

Davidson, Catherine; Tomic, Alice

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Publication Date: 1994

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Removing Computer Phobia from the Writing Classroom.

Davidson, Catherine; Tomic, Alice

ELT Journal, v48 n3 p205-13 Jul 1994

This article discusses the use of computers with students of English as a Second Language (ESL), focusing on a pilot program that utilized computer word processing in ESL writing classes at Richmond College in London. The program used "student computer experts" as tutors to introduce word processing to their classmates. (10 references) (MDM)

Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Uses in Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Pilot Projects, Program Descriptions, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Programs, Word Processing, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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