ESL learners writing classified advertisements online

The research objectives of this study were to analyse the technology-mediated classified ad writing task done by the class xi ESL learners in groups in a physical classroom and the conversations that took place while doing the task. The data was collected through screenshots of the classified ad made by the learners using a tab, screen recordings of the task and teacher-learner conversation recordings. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the classified advertisements created by the learners. A thematic analysis of their conversations was done. The results revealed that…Their conversation analysis revealed their discussions centred around the content and language of the task, technical difficulties faced, knowledge of technology and attitude towards doing tasks mediated by technology. The implications are that technology-mediated writing tasks require sufficient infrastructure and technical assistance. Learners find such tasks interesting. It builds their language skills and digital literacy in the process.