Sara Visocnik-Murray’s research while affiliated with Griffith University and other places

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Using an L2 blog to enhance learners' participation and sense of community
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October 2010

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Sara Visocnik-Murray

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This article describes the experience of integrating a class blog into an advanced Italian course, in order to provide an out-of-class forum for language practice and for sharing course-related ideas and information. It also reports on an evaluation of the blog's effectiveness, drawing on an analysis of the students' blog contributions and their responses to questionnaires. We argue that blogs can play a significant role in promoting learners' interaction and nurturing a sense of class community. For this to happen, however, careful attention to two key aspects is required: the way in which the use of the blog is integrated into the course content and structure, and the teachers' role in moderating and facilitating blog interaction. Yes Yes



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... On the one hand, most student writers taught in a blog-supported classroom have reacted favorably to the approach (Arslan & Şahin-Kızıl, 2010;Kung, 2015;Lin et al., 2014;Trajtemberg & Yiakoumetti, 2011). On the other hand, the blogging approach has been reported to trigger interaction between readers and student writers (Miceli, Murray, & Kennedy, 2010;Mompean, 2010), nurture the writer's sense of a community of practice (Kang, Bonk, & Kim, 2011;Miceli et al., 2010), enhance learner motivation to write (Arslan & Şahin-Kızıl, 2010;Lin, 2015;Sun, 2010), strengthen the self-efficacy of student writers (Lin, 2016), and ultimately successfully improve students' writing skills (Arslan & Şahin-Kızıl, 2010;Chen, 2016;Lee, 2015;Lin, 2015;Lin et al., 2014;Sun, 2010). ...

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Language Blogging Community: Fostering the Learning Attitudes and Writing Skills of EFL Students
Using an L2 blog to enhance learners' participation and sense of community
  • Citing Article
  • October 2010

... LLS, in turn, promote independent learning even outside the classroom context. At the same time, developing a repertoire of LLS can only be brought about by having students exposed to such knowledge (Miceli and Visocnik, 2005). According to Oxford (2011), "…learning strategies, which are 'intentional and deliberate', must not be confused with skills, which are 'automatic out of awareness" (p.11). ...

Strategy Training: Developing Learning Awareness in a Beginning FL Classroom
  • Citing Article
  • January 2005

... Nonexpert conversational agents can also alleviate loneliness by satisfying social conversational needs (Gardner et al. 2005), needs like speedy response and turn taking (Miceli et al. 2004). Chatting helps -conversing online with other humans significantly decreased loneliness and depression, and significantly increased perceived social support and self-esteem (Shaw and Gant 2002). ...

"Stimulated Reflection": A Technique for Language Learners
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  • January 2004