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Personalised mobile academic phrase libraries – project proposal

Abstract

This paper is the proposal for the initial phase of a research project that aims to explore student engagement and feedback on a personalised, digital academic phrase library resource – MAPLE (My Academic Phrase Library on Evernote). This resource offers learners a digital, assignment focused, template where they can record generic academic phrases from their discipline specific readings to build a personalised, discipline specific, academic phrase library. This project aims to advance the use of academic phrase libraries from pre-selected examples to individual student / teacher co-constructed resources. This resource situates the learner and the learning within the discipline specific academic reading and writing contexts required to develop academic reading and writing skills. The context is a diverse cohort of first year health students from 14 disciplines enrolled in a compulsory academic skills paper. Some preliminary findings will be presented.