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Learning by Doing: Research and Research Writing
Susan Oak, Ewha Woman's University
Rodney E. Tyson, Daejin University
Research papers are hard for students to write and hard for teachers
to teach even when they are written in the students' native language. Preparing
a research paper involves many steps, each of which may be confusing and
time consuming. This paper begins by discussing the unique problems and
difficulties, but also the advantages, associated with teaching English
research writing in an Asian context. The authors describe an approach
to teaching Korean university students to develop English research papers
which requires groups of students to work through each stage of the process
as they carry out an actual research project based on research questions
and questionnaires developed in class through carefully planned assignments
and activities. The final result is a class presentation and a written,
referenced research paper. While students report that they find such a
project challenging, they also consider it very useful, interesting, and
motivating.
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