DEVELOPMENT OF PROSPECTIVE AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS’ TECHNICAL WRITING SKILLS USING ONLINE WRITING LAB

IF 0.7 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
O. Chaikovska, I. Humeniuk, Anastasiia A. Trofymenko
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Technical writing skills allow prospective professionals to be competitive engineers, be effective at the workplace, reach high positions, and gain self-confidence in Agricultural Engineering. Therefore, technical writing is an integral part of English for Specific Purposes communication of prospective agricultural engineers. The current study aims to examine the influence of Online Writing Lab (OWL) resources on the development of students’ technical writing skills. To achieve the outlined aim, a mixed research design was employed, which involved 58 Masters of Podillia State University. Two groups were formed based on students’ preferences: experimental (n=28) and control (n=30). The Pearson criterion was used to process the results, which indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between the experimental and control groups in terms of their technical writing performances. The study has shown that using OWL resources positively influences the development of Master’s technical writing skills. OWL can be considered an effective tool for teaching students technical writing. It engages and motivates the students in technical writing skills and further self-study. Additionally, the study revealed that the majority of the students have positive attitudes toward the use of OWL resources in the learning process.
利用在线写作实验室培养未来农业工程师的技术写作能力
技术写作技能使未来的专业人员成为有竞争力的工程师,在工作场所发挥有效作用,获得较高职位,并在农业工程领域获得自信。因此,技术写作是未来农业工程师专门用途英语交流中不可或缺的一部分。本研究旨在探讨在线写作实验室(OWL)资源对学生技术写作能力发展的影响。为实现上述目标,本研究采用了混合研究设计,涉及波迪利亚州立大学的 58 名硕士。根据学生的喜好分成两组:实验组(28 人)和对照组(30 人)。研究采用皮尔逊标准对结果进行处理,结果表明,实验组和对照组在技术写作表现方面存在显著的统计学差异。研究表明,使用 OWL 资源对硕士技术写作能力的发展有积极影响。可以认为,OWL 是教授学生技术写作的有效工具。它能吸引和激励学生学习技术写作技能和进一步自学。此外,研究表明,大多数学生对在学习过程中使用 OWL 资源持积极态度。
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