Young learners’ response processes when writing with web access in L2: An exploratory study

PhD defence by Dea Jespersen.

 

In my PhD dissertation, I explore how young learners (ages 12-15) approach writing in English with internet access versus without. I do this by comparing the performances, behaviours, and perceptions of 141 students across the two conditions.

The findings showed that, on the one hand, internet access did not seem to affect performance; on the other hand, however, it did seem to affect the processes and perceptions.

I will discuss what these findings mean for teaching and assessment of writing in an educational context where generative artificial intelligence challenges current understandings and practices related to writing in lower secondary education in Denmark.

 

 

Assessment committee

  • Associate Professor Sanne Larsen, University of Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen (chairperson)
  • Professor Jeppe Bundsgaard, Aarhus University/DPU
  • Professor Gudrun Erickson, University of Gothenburg

Supervisor

  • Professor Slobodanka Dimova, University of Copenhagen

Email address to gain access to the thesis: dea.jespersen@gmail.com. You will either receive a copy of the thesis or be informed where you can read a physical copy.Recipients of copies of the thesis are not allowed to share or distribute it due to copyright compliance.