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ERIC Number: EJ1314720
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jul
Pages: 25
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ISSN: EISSN-1642-1027
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The Effects of Online Learner-Driven Feedback on IELTS Writing Skills via Google Docs
Ebadi, Saman; Alizadeh, Ali
Teaching English with Technology, v21 n3 p42-66 Jul 2021
This study reports the results of a mixed-methods approach to investigate the impact of peer online learner-driven feedback (LDF) using Google Docs and peer-editing in a face-to-face classroom on EFL learners' writing skill. As this study was conducted using a quasi-experimental design, two intact groups, each including twenty EFL learners, were selected as the participants of the study. They were attending an IELTS preparation course at a language school in Iran. To assess the learners' IELTS academic writing skills, we used academic writing task 1 and task 2 and conducted semi-structured interviews to explore the learners' perceptions towards the impact of online learner-driven peer-editing on writing tasks. An independent-samples t-test, along with two one-way MANCOVA, was used to analyse the quantitative data. The results showed that LDF-based peer-editing significantly enhanced the learners' academic writing skills, compared to the conventional in-class feedback. The thematic analysis used to analyse the qualitative data shed light on the learners' positive perceptions towards the effect of online learner-driven peer-editing on academic writing skills.
IATEFL Poland Computer Special Interest Group / University of Nicosia / Maria Curie-Sklodowska University. Ul. J. Sowinskiego 17, 20-041 Lublin, Poland. Web site: http://tewtjournal.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: International English Language Testing System
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