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    The Effects of Computer-Mediated Communications on Students’ Academic Writing The Case of Second Year LMD Students of English and French Departments at Batna 2 University. Doctorat thesis,(2019) Université de Batna 2.
    (University of Batna 2, 7/22/2019) GHASKIL Abir Soundouss
    The evolution of technology in the last few decades has been rapid in introducing new digital tools along with a new language that has become popular among the current generation. The simple access to computer-mediated communications encourages learners to interact with each other more frequently. However, when they are interacting via these tools, they usually manipulate the writing aspect in an informal manner, with various contractions, colloquial abbreviations, trendy acronyms, emoticons and loose sentence structures. These new outlets have negatively affected their academic lives changing them from active researchers into passive recipients. Henceforth, one of the major areas affected by the different forms of computer-mediated communications is academic writing. Consequently, and teachers from all over the globe are complaining about the decline in the quality of their students’ writings, ringing the alarm about the new language created by the Internet, technology and its inventions. Due to these aspects, the aim of this study is to investigate the effects of computer-mediated communications on students’ academic writing, showcase the extent it is affected and to seek a way out to enhance students’ writing abilities. The investigation was conducted on two groups from the English department and one group from the French department at the faculty of foreign languages. The researcher adopted a mixed method approach to verify his hypotheses and to confirm that computer-mediated communications can affect students’ writing abilities. Results obtained suggest the need for more awareness of computer-mediated communications negative impact and a rational manipulation of technological devices.