DEVELOPING ACADEMIC LITERACY BY WRITING FOR WIKIPEDIA
DEVELOPING ACADEMIC LITERACY BY WRITING FOR WIKIPEDIA
Author(s): Monika SobejkoSubject(s): Media studies, Evaluation research, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Sociology of Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: academic literacy; academic writing; Wikipedia; critical thinking;
Summary/Abstract: Many teachers of academic writing want to help students bridge the gap between writing for personal purposes and writing for academic purposes. The latter seems considerably more challenging, and decidedly less familiar. One way of facilitating students’ initiation as academic writers is to ask them to write a Wikipedia article, which requires several academic writing sub-skills, such as summarizing or paraphrasing. Students need to be able to demonstrate critical thinking while choosing a suitable topic, and assessing the reliability of their sources. Then, they must show their familiarity with the genre conventions of Wikipedia.
Journal: Zeszyty Glottodydaktyczne
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 9
- Page Range: 49-62
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English