Tijdschrift voor Taalbeheersing - Current Issue

Abstract Taking notes with pen or laptop; effects of medium and test preparation on learning Ever since Mueller and Oppenheimer (2014), the use of laptops in the classroom has been subject of discussion. Do students learn more when they write with a pen? Follow up studies have led to inconclusive results. To move the discussion forward, we designed an experiment in which students worked on a relevant task in their na Read More

Abstract A genre-based interconnected reading and writing instruction: effects on writing skills Given the beneficial effects of combining reading and writing instruction, this study focuses on genre as the connecting element between reading and writing, because knowledge of genre characteristics helps to develop reading and writing skills. Moreover, genre is a social interplay between readers and writers. For our qu Read More