#3627. Reconceptualising the notion of finding information: How undergraduate students construct information as they read-to-write in an academic writing class

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Abstract:
This paper seeks to problematise the concept of finding information in EAP (English for Academic Purposes) writing programs. Through the theoretical lens of activity theory, the paper presents the view that information is constructed as a goal oriented, socially situated activity mediated by physical and symbolic artefacts. The present study examined the types of mediating artefacts students used as they constructed information and the tensions and contradictions they experienced as they did so. The findings of the study are significant in shaping the reading-to-write processes and practices of writing pedagogy.
Keywords:
Academic writing; Activity theory; Arab students; Information; Reading-to-write

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