International students’ experiences of using online resources for academic writing

dc.contributor.authorTian, Ke
dc.contributor.supervisorNahachewsky, James
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-21T16:51:21Z
dc.date.copyright2016en_US
dc.date.issued2016-12-21
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Curriculum and Instructionen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis qualitative descriptive case study investigates four Chinese international students’ use of online resources for academic writing in a western Canadian university. This study has direct implications for English as a Foreign Language/English as a Second Language writing instruction as well as international students’ use of university library. Methodological triangulation was used to collect data. This included a semi-structured interview, a computer-based writing task, and a think-aloud activity. Data was coded and analyzed within cases and re-analyzed across the four cases. The salient themes that emerged from this analysis include: indispensable role of online resources in academic writing; a solution to language problems; ability of evaluation; a solution to plagiarism; influences of search habits; concerns about graduate students; and the importance of professors. Four major findings of the study include: important uses of online resources for solving language problems; students’ search skills in online databases; students’ use of the UVic library; and the importance of professors’ instruction. These findings will be helpful for educators to consider as they work to integrate online resources for international students’ writing instruction; and for academic libraries to consider as they offer services to assist EFL/ESL learners.en_US
dc.description.embargo2017-12-05
dc.description.proquestcode0727en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0399en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0515en_US
dc.description.proquestemailketien0421@gmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/7680
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectqualitative case studyen_US
dc.subjecttriangulationen_US
dc.subjectEFL/ESL writingen_US
dc.subjectuniversity libraryen_US
dc.subjectonline dictionaryen_US
dc.subjectonline resourcesen_US
dc.subjectsearch behaviouren_US
dc.titleInternational students’ experiences of using online resources for academic writingen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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