Flotsam : a motivating resource to enhance writing among Spanish students
Metadata
Show full item recordcomunitat-uji-handle:10234/158176
comunitat-uji-handle2:10234/71324
comunitat-uji-handle3:10234/107304
comunitat-uji-handle4:
TFG-TFMThis resource is restricted
Metadata
Title
Flotsam : a motivating resource to enhance writing among Spanish studentsAuthor (s)
Tutor/Supervisor; University.Department
Ruiz-Garrido, Miguel F.; Universitat Jaume I. Departament d'Estudis AnglesosDate
2018-06-13Publisher
Universitat Jaume IAbstract
The use of picture books in education has been thought to be specially for young children.
Progressively, they are also been used in secondary education. Can a wordless picture book
also be useful for teaching writing ... [+]
The use of picture books in education has been thought to be specially for young children.
Progressively, they are also been used in secondary education. Can a wordless picture book
also be useful for teaching writing skills and creative writing in English to Spanish students
and increase their motivation? The present study analyses the effectiveness of employing the
wordless picture book Flotsam by David Wiesner to enhance writing skills and creative
writing, using a questionnaire administered to a class of 24 students of 3rd of ESO of a
secondary school. According to the questionnaires Flotsam was recommended by all the
participants. In addition 87.7% admitted to be interested in reading picture books after having
read Flotsam which is clearly linked with their motivation towards picture books. According
to the activities, all the students admitted that the instruction they had received and the
activities they did would be useful for them in future writings. They agreed to have learnt
vocabulary, new expressions and connectors which they found helpful for their compositions.
Although, they did not have difficulties with the activities a great number of students agreed
that writing the story of Flotsam was the most difficult activity. However, 82.6% found that
the previous activities helped them to fulfil this task and made it easier for them to write the
story from the beginning to the end since it was the final activity. This means that the order
and procedure of the activities were effective. Based on these results, we conclude that
Flotsam can be a useful resource to enhance writing skills and creative writing. In addition it
motivate students’ learning. The participants described enjoying the experience of reading
Flotsam at high school, and suggested to do more activities with picture books. [-]
Subject
Description
Treball Final de Grau en Estudis Anglesos. Codi: EA0938. Curs acadèmic: 2017/2018
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesisRights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
This item appears in the folowing collection(s)
- Grau en Estudis Anglesos [351]