Undertaking the act of writing as a situated social practice: going beyond the Linguistic and the textual

La escritura situada como una práctica social: más allá de la lingüística y el texto

Authors

  • Claudia Marcela Chapetón Castro Universidad Pedagógica Nacional
  • Pedro Antonio Chala Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Keywords:

Escritura como práctica social situada, escritura de ensayos argumentativos, enseñanza basada en géneros (es).

Keywords:

Writing as a situated social practice, argumentative essay writing, genre-based teaching. (en).

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Abstract (en)

With an interest to go beyond an emphasis on linguistic and textual features that seem to prevail in writing practices, this qualitative action research study looked at EFL argumentative essay writing within a genre-based approach, where writing was understood as a situated social practice. A group of undergraduate students from a B.Ed. program in Modern Languages participated in the study. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews, questionnaires, class recordings, and students’ artifacts. Findings revealed that participants undertook the writing of argumentative essays by bonding with their audience, establishing personal involvement with their texts, and giving support to their arguments. The study suggests that it is important to encourage students to focus on their sociocultural and personal context so that EFL writing can be approached in a more purposeful and meaningful way.

Abstract (es)

Con el interés de ir más allá de un énfasis en las características lingüísticas y textuales que parecen prevalecer en las prácticas de escritura, el presente estudio de investigación-acción cualitativa analizó la escritura de ensayos argumentativos en inglés como lengua extranjera dentro de un enfoque basado en la enseñanza de géneros, donde la escritura se entiende como práctica social situada. Un grupo de estudiantes de un programa de Licenciatura en Lenguas Modernas participó en el estudio. Los datos fueron recogidos a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas, cuestionarios, grabaciones de clase, y artefactos producidos por los estudiantes. Los resultados revelan que los participantes emprendieron la escritura de ensayos argumentativos estableciendo vínculos con su audiencia, involucrándose con sus textos, y sustentando sus argumentos. El estudio sugiere que es importante animar a los estudiantes a enfocarse en su contexto sociocultural y personal de modo que la escritura en inglés como lengua extranjera pueda abordarse de una manera más útil y significativa.

Author Biographies

Claudia Marcela Chapetón Castro, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional

PhD in Applied Linguistics, is Associate professor at Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Bogotá. She also holds an MA in Applied Linguistics degree, and a BA in English and Spanish. Her research interests include literacy practices, metaphor, and corpus linguistics.

Pedro Antonio Chala, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

M.A. in Foreign Language Teaching. He is a teacher of English at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
His professional interests include EFL literacy practices and materials design. He has authored school and university EFL teaching materials

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How to Cite

APA

Chapetón Castro, C. M., and Chala, P. A. (2013). Undertaking the act of writing as a situated social practice: going beyond the Linguistic and the textual. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, 15(1), 25–42. https://doi.org/10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2013.1.a02

ACM

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Chapetón Castro, C.M. and Chala, P.A. 2013. Undertaking the act of writing as a situated social practice: going beyond the Linguistic and the textual. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal. 15, 1 (Jan. 2013), 25–42. DOI:https://doi.org/10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2013.1.a02.

ACS

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Chapetón Castro, C. M.; Chala, P. A. Undertaking the act of writing as a situated social practice: going beyond the Linguistic and the textual. Colomb. appl. linguist. j 2013, 15, 25-42.

ABNT

CHAPETÓN CASTRO, Claudia Marcela; CHALA, Pedro Antonio. Undertaking the act of writing as a situated social practice: going beyond the Linguistic and the textual. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, [S. l.], v. 15, n. 1, p. 25–42, 2013. DOI: 10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2013.1.a02. Disponível em: https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/4244. Acesso em: 29 mar. 2024.

Chicago

Chapetón Castro, Claudia Marcela, and Pedro Antonio Chala. 2013. “Undertaking the act of writing as a situated social practice: going beyond the Linguistic and the textual”. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal 15 (1):25-42. https://doi.org/10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2013.1.a02.

Harvard

Chapetón Castro, C. M. and Chala, P. A. (2013) “Undertaking the act of writing as a situated social practice: going beyond the Linguistic and the textual”, Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, 15(1), pp. 25–42. doi: 10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2013.1.a02.

IEEE

[1]
C. M. Chapetón Castro and P. A. Chala, “Undertaking the act of writing as a situated social practice: going beyond the Linguistic and the textual”, Colomb. appl. linguist. j, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 25–42, Jan. 2013.

MLA

Chapetón Castro, Claudia Marcela, and Pedro Antonio Chala. “Undertaking the act of writing as a situated social practice: going beyond the Linguistic and the textual”. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, Jan. 2013, pp. 25-42, doi:10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2013.1.a02.

Turabian

Chapetón Castro, Claudia Marcela, and Pedro Antonio Chala. “Undertaking the act of writing as a situated social practice: going beyond the Linguistic and the textual”. Colombian Applied Linguistics Journal 15, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 25–42. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/4244.

Vancouver

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Chapetón Castro CM, Chala PA. Undertaking the act of writing as a situated social practice: going beyond the Linguistic and the textual. Colomb. appl. linguist. j [Internet]. 2013 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];15(1):25-42. Available from: https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/4244

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