Implementing a Digital Corpus to Improve the Writing Performance of Batxillerat Students in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)

Confidenciality: No

Education area(s): Formació del professorat d'Educació Secundària Obligatòria i Batxillerat, Formació  Professional i Ensenyament d'Idiomes

APS: No

Title in different languages: Implementing a Digital Corpus to Improve the Writing Performance of Batxillerat Students in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom

Abstract: Despite the widespread use of digital tools for learning, corpora remain underutilized and few studies have explored their use in pre-tertiary English as a Foreign Language lessons. This study examines the implementation of the SkELL corpus in a 1st of Batxillerat class, comparing an experimental group (EG) using SkELL with a control group (CG). Pre- and post-tests and final essays measured effectiveness. While both groups improved, the CG outperformed the EG. Results suggest prior knowledge influenced outcomes more than corpus use, highlighting challenges in integrating corpora into secondary education.

Subject: Ciències de l'educació

Academic year: 2022-2023

Language: en

Work's public defense date: 2023-06-07

Subject areas: Education sciences

Student: Raya Palmer, Adriana

Department: Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys

Creation date in repository: 2025-04-02

Keywords: English as a Foreign Language, Writing skills, language corpora

Title in original language: Implementing a Digital Corpus to Improve the Writing Performance of Batxillerat Students in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom

Access Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Project director: Escriu Roca, Alba