To give a few examples of what I mean: for common email replies, you could type the letter tyem and that would automatically expand to thank you very much for the prompt reply to my email. This can be done through copy/paste or through a shortcut. This term covers a whole range of tech tools and services but in short it’s the ability to save and retrieve commonly used text chunks through your browser, computer or mobile device.
One rarely explored area that can really help them is text expansion. Things such as using reference management software to make the collection and annotation of articles easier and to quickly generate bibliographies better search skills so they can more effectively find the source materials they need for their research or just using something like Google Docs so they can continue to work on their writing regardless of the computer or device they have I front of them. Reading articles, taking notes on lectures, writing essays: all these things will take twice as long for them and will demand twice as much mental energy.īut as a technologist, I can help give them shortcuts that will make it easier to do some of these tasks. Linguistically, they are always going to have to work twice as hard as the native speakers on their university courses. As a learning technologist for EAP students, I see one of my main roles as helping level the playing field for them.
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